Japanese lacquer and inlaid wood lap desk with two handles. Geometrical pattern on the top.
portable desks
desks
wood (plant material)
lacquer (coating)
velvet (fabric weave)
metal
Desk, Portable
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
FD241
Unknown
5 1/4 x 9 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2389
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