Rectangular rosewood lap desk with mother-of-pearl inlay. Brass handles and golden oriental bird design textile. Green felt bottom.
portable desks
desks
rosewood (wood)
mother of pearl
Desk, Portable
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
FD342
Unknown
9 x 25 1/8 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2346
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