The desk was designed by Thomas D. Wadelton and built in 1909 by S. Karpen and Bros. in Chicago. It is currently located at Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum aspart of a replica Oval Office. Each desk cost USD 80. 00 and was part of a set of standard furniture for each Senator’s office.
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The Johnson desk is a mahogany partners desk that was used by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office. It was designed by Thomas D. Wadelton and built in 1909 by S. Karpen and Bros. in Chicago. The desk was built as part of 125 seven-piece office sets for senators’ offices in the Russell Senate Office Building. It is currently located at Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum aspart of a replica Oval Office, and is on display until the end of the 2014 presidential election. The Johnson desk was one of 125 identical desks designed by. Thomas D WADELton, a New York cabinetmaker, and built by. S. Karpen & Bros. in Chicago under contract with George W.
Cobb, Jr. The design was drawn from. ‘old books of the furniture of our forefathers’, according to the architects of the building. The desks were designed to be ‘very American’ in style, and inspiration for the design was. drawn from the ‘Old books’ of the Furniture of our Forefathers, according. to the building’s architect, Carrère & Hastings. Each desk cost USD 80. 00 and was part of a set of standard furniture for each Senator’s office. According to the Senate, besides the desk this set included a swivel desk chair, a round arm chair, and a square arm chair. Many of the pieces continue to be used in Senate offices to this day.
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