Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 142
ormerly belonged to Dr. JohnSnelling Popkin, who was Professor of Greek atHarvard University from 1826 to 1833, and prob-ably descended to him, as it was made about 1770.The legs, with claw-and-Ball feet, are blocked likethe drawers, as was<»u?lml in block-front pieces, an-other feature of which… … Ulus. 80.— Desk with Cabinet Top, about 1770. Desks 119 the little arched pieces above the pigeonholes aredrawer fronts. The middle compartment is some-times a drawer, or if it has a door, behind this dooris a drawer which, when taken entirely out, provesto have a secret drawer opening from its…
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