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Rectangular desk top. Pine, mahogany, mahogany veneer, unidentified leather. Single drawer in lower case. Upper case has hinged fold-down writing surface lined with black leather and decorated with two mahogany veneered inset panels on the exterior. Interior has vertical files and central drawer. Rests on legs with ring and baluster turning and small bun feet.
fall-front desks
desks
leather
mahogany (wood)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Mahogany
Leather
DESK, DROP-FRONT
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
49 1/3 x 34 1/4 x 1 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.366
Massachusetts (United States)
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