Object Details
- transfer
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- patentee
- Smith, James
- inventor
- Smith, James
- Description
- James Smith from Richmond, Indiana, received a U.S. patent for an improved school desk. Patent no. 100334 was issued on March 1, 1869.
- This desk features a wooden bench with a flat backrest and seat. The seat folds up with the use of wooden hinges. The desk is attached to the back and does not lift up. There is a storage shelf underneath the desktop. There are no legs, but instead a pew-like support system. There is a silver plaque, tarnished, on the desktop that reads, "Improved School Desk, James Smith, Richmond Ind."
- Ezra Smith, Asa Smith, and James Smith owned Ezra Smith & Co., where they manufactured various types of school furniture.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1869
- patent date
- 1870-03-01
- associated date
- 1876
- ID Number
- CL.249602.586
- catalog number
- 249602.586
- accession number
- 249602
- patent number
- 100,334
- Object Name
- school desk
- model
- desk model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 19.685 cm x 16.51 cm x 13.335 cm
- referenced in patent specifications
- United States: Indiana, Richmond
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Education
- American History Education Collection
- Cultures & Communities
- Patent Model School Seats and Desks
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Education
- classified
- Patent Models
- Record ID
- nmah_660965
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-9b68-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
