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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. Harris Lebus - Wikipedia

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   Harris Lebus was a furniture manufacturer and wholesaler based in the East End of London in Tabernacle Street with a factory in Ferry Lane, Tottenham. The firm supplied stores such as Maple & Co., mainly producing bedroom and dining furniture. [ 1][ 2] Following the Edwardian period the company became successful in the mass production of ...

5. 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 ...

6. Globe Wernicke - Wikipedia

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   1955. Fate. Acquired. Successor. City Auto Stamping Company. Products. Desks, Bookcases, Shelves. The Globe-Wernicke Co Ltd was an American furniture company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The company was founded in 1893, and specialized in the design and manufacture of military equipment.

7. List of Oval Office desks - Wikipedia

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   90 by 53.5 inches (229 by 136 cm) [ 4 ] This desk was created in 1903 for then President Theodore Roosevelt. It was first used in the Oval Office by William Howard Taft and remained there until the West Wing fire in 1929. It remained in storage until 1945 when Harry S. Truman placed it in the modern Oval Office.