Desk, Portable

Lap desk

ca. 1860

Object ID:
1972.17512.1
Community:
New Hampshire, Canterbury
Description

Lap desk of butternut with slant-top and two dovetailed drawers in a superimposed case. Tongue and grooved lid with bread box ends, opening to reveal an interior drawer that has a lock on the front end. Inside the left lid is another small drawer with four compartments at the right hand end. Turned maple knobs on all four drawers.

New Hampshire Canterbury

New Hampshire Canterbury

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