Child's Desk

Title: Child's Desk
Description: Roll-top style model, roll-top all in one piece rather than individual slats, chalktray inside, crayon scribbles noted on the left side of the interior, luggage-rack style legs, built in 1913 by Willis Monroe Gilgo of Portsmouth Island, part of the Outer Banks Seashore off the North Carolina Coast. The original desk was made of scrap wood and cigar boxes. He made the desk for his daughter Ethel Gilgo when she was five years old. Donated to the History Museum of Carteret County by Kim Reilly, granddaughter of Joseph and Ethel Gilgo Reilly, great-granddaughter of Willis and Mattie Gilgo. It has been refurbished by Mr. McDonnell. Information and Image provided at the Courtesy of the History Museum of Carteret County.
Contributor: Mr. McDonnell
Creator: Willis Monroe Gilgo
Date: 1913
Identifier: Attic - Children's Section, 2024.041.001.
Language: English
Source: History Museum of Carteret County
Subject: Portsmouth Island
Type: Children's Furniture