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2. Rolltop desk - Wikipedia

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   Rolltop desk. A rolltop desk is a 19th-century reworking of the pedestal desk with, in addition, a series of stacked compartments, shelves, drawers and nooks in front of the user, much like the bureau à gradin or the Carlton House desk. In contrast to these, the compartments and the desktop surface of a rolltop desk can be covered by means of ...

3. A. Cutler & Son - Wikipedia

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   A. Cutler & Son. Abner Cutler & Son were cabinetmakers in Buffalo, New York who started production in the late 1820s. The firm specialised in rolltop desks and was granted seven patents related to the desk's mechanism. The company was known as 'Cutler & Son' by the 1870s and exhibited some desks at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition.

4. List of desk forms and types - Wikipedia

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   Aronson, Joseph. The Encyclopedia of Furniture. 3rd edition.New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1965. Bedel, Jean. Le grand guide des styles.Paris: Hachette, 1996. Boyce ...

5. Ashley Furniture Industries - Wikipedia

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   Intermodal yard at Ashley Furniture in Arcadia. Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. is an American home furnishings manufacturer and retailer, [2] headquartered in Arcadia, Wisconsin. The company is owned by father and son team Ron and Todd Wanek. Ashley Furniture manufactures and distributes home furniture products throughout the world.

6. Slant-top desk - Wikipedia

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   Slant-top desk in the block front seashell style, 18th century. The slant-top desk, also called secretary desk, or more properly, a bureau, is a piece of writing furniture with a lid that closes at an angle and opens up as a writing surface. It can be considered related, in form, to the desk on a frame, which was a form of portable desk in ...

7. Resolute desk - Wikipedia

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   desk. The Resolute desk, also known as the Hayes desk, is a nineteenth-century partners desk used by several presidents of the United States in the White House as the Oval Office desk, including the five most recent presidents. The desk was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 and was built from the oak timbers of ...