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Wooden box with sloping cover and canted corners; painted black with mother of pearl inlay of far eastern buildings and landscape; interior lined with peach colored paper with many slots for letters, pens, etc.
portable desks
desks
inlay (process)
mother of pearl
painting (coating)
papier mâché
wood (plant material)
Mother-of-Pearl
Papier Mache
Painted
Inlaid
DESK, PORTABLE
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
5.125 x 9 x 5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.616
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