Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 161
lllus. 91. —Sheraton Desk, 1800. Desks 137 and described as a ladys cabinet and writing table.The legs in Sheratons drawing are slender andstraight, while these are twisted and carved, and the … space, which in the design is left open for books, inthis desk is closed with a tambour door. The slidewhich shows above the compartment pulls out, witha mechanism described by Sheraton, and when fully 138 Furniture of the Olden Time out, it drops to form the cover for the compart-ments. The Empire…
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