Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 132
Illus. 72. — Desk-box. 1650. io8 Furniture of the Olden Time years, while for the last hundred years it has beenalmost entirely employed, alone or in combinationwith other words, I have designated as desks allpieces of furniture made for use in writing. … Illus. 73. —Desk, 1710-1720. Illustration 73 shows a desk owned by MissGage, of Worcester, of rather rude construction, andapparently not made by a skilled cabinet-maker. Ithas two long drawers with two short drawers abovethem. The space above these two short drawers isreached from an opening or…
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