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Small Biedermeier Secretary, Walnut, Austria, circa 1820
Located in Greven, DE
pediment flanked by letter compartments. The large drawer above the writing compartment has a hinged front
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1820s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Maple, Walnut

18th c. French Secretaire Bookcase Scriban
Located in Winter Park, FL
and compartments hiding two secrets drawers, three bottom cabinets, the center one having a lock and
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Early 18th Century French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Biedermeier Secretaire From the 2nd Half of the 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
used as a refined writing desk in a study, this Biedermeier secretaire enchants with its quiet
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Late 19th Century Scandinavian Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Early 19th Century Empire Secretaire, Walnut, France, circa 1820
Located in Greven, DE
closed with a secret latch. Above the writing compartment, we see another wide drawer without handles
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1820s French Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Early 20th Century French Scriban Bibliotheque
Located in Winter Park, FL
custom built and has several secret compartments. The abattant or slant front desk, hinges open to reveal
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Early 20th Century French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Cherry

Early 19th Century French Empire Secretary, Mahogany and Ormolu Fittings, c 1820
Located in Greven, DE
x 49 cm Description: Very fine French writing desk with delicate dimensions and a marvellous patina
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Bronze

Magnificent Spanish Bargueño on a Chest of Drawers, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
drawers of varying sizes, compartments, and sections—some with secret access mechanisms, all richly
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17th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Bone, Ivory, Wood

Secrétaire à Abattant by Molitor
By Christian Dell
Located in New Orleans, LA
of fitted drawers (in both the secretary and base), shelves and secret compartments, perfect for
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18th Century French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Marble, Ormolu

German Biedermeier or Empire Secretary, Burlwood, circa 1820
Located in Greven, DE
writing desk from the early 19th century. Standing on lion's paws at the front and block feet at the back
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Maple, Burl

Antique Biedermeier Mahogany Cylinder Bureau c.1840
Located in London, GB
, pigeon holes and a few secret compartments and a slide with a gold tooled green leather writing surface
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19th Century French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Edwardian Inlaid Writing Table Desk 19th C
Located in London, GB
Here we have an interesting and functional antique Edwardian Writing Table Desk which features
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1880s English Edwardian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Other

Late 18th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
with satinwood. Further features to the interior are 2 secret pullout / pull-out compartments disguised
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Early 20th Century Mahogany Directoire Influenced Writing Table Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
reveal a secret compartment, standing on four turned fluted legs with brass inserts terminating on turned
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Early 20th Century European Directoire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Military Style Victorian Lap Desk Writing Slope Box, circa 1850
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This military style Victorian lap desk writing slope has multiple internal compartments including a
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Early 19th Century French Empire Mahogany Cylinder Bureau Writing Desk
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
French Empire cylinder bureau or writing desk from the early 19th century. Mahogany solid and
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Granite, Brass

19th Century French Walnut Writing Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
at the centre and one deep drawer to the right which has a lockable secret compartment, the reverse
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1880s French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

19th Century Antique French Mahogany Desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
decorative inlay, the right hand drawer having a lockable secret compartment. The reverse of the desk being
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1880s French Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

English Arts Crafts Oak and Travertine Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Diminutive English Arts & Crafts desk or writing table constructed from oak. Features a travertine
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19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Travertine

19th Century German Biedermeier Roll Top Desk
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
can open the secret compartment on the right side of the desk. In addition, the desk is equipped with
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19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Wood, Mahogany, Walnut

19th Century French Louis XV Style Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and elegant 19th century Louis XV style parquetry Bonheur du Jour (lady's writing desk) with
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Bronze

"Universal" Table from Thomas Sheraton s Design Book
Located in Stamford, CT
compartments, with hidden trays inside. Thomas Jefferson had two of this model table, also called a secret flap
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19th Century English American Classical Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

English Regency Traveling Lap Writing Desk Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
English writing box. (Laptop) The box can be opened to create a sloping desk pad covered with green
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

English Regency Walnut Traveling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
19th century English Regency walnut traveling lap writing desk with brass corner mounts and
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1810s English Regency Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Victorian Burr Walnut Writing Slope With Oxblood Leather Ebonised Interior.
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Ebonised Interior & Writing Accessories, With a secret compartment for letters etc. - 1800s Included in
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19th Century British Campaign Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Victorian Military Campaign Brass Bound Mahogany Writing Slope with Accessories
Located in Reading, Berkshire
tooled Interior and secret compartment. Made in 1800s #11 Features a blank brass front shield ideal
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19th Century British Campaign Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

19th Century Mahogany Writing Box
Located in Casteren, NL
19th century mahogany writing box with dark blue leather desk top, original key and several (secret
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Late 19th Century European Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Mid 19th Century Brass Bound Mahogany Writing Box
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
with compartment beneath. One of the dividers for the inkwells lifts up to release a secret
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Exquisite Victorian Rosewood Leather Tooled Writing Slope, Inkwell and Pen
Located in Reading, Berkshire
befit with original glass inkwells and secret compartment. Would make an ideal gift for the writing
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19th Century British Campaign Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Exquisite Victorian Rosewood Leather Tooled Writing Slope, Inkwell and Pen
Located in Reading, Berkshire
befit with original glass inkwells and secret compartment. Would make an ideal gift for the writing
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19th Century British Campaign Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Antique Officer s Campaign Correspondence Box, English, Writing Case, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
writing case, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820. Delightfully attractive box, with fascinating
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Leather, Wood

Large Quality Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Tunbridge Ware Inlay Writing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
walnut and Tunbridge Ware inlay opening to reveal a leather writing slope with two storage compartments
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Georgian Mahogany Slant Front Secretary Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
on inside writing surface with several small drawers and compartments. Four small drawers in the
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Mid-19th Century George IV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

19th Century Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk
Located in London, GB
; used in the description refers to the desk's secret compartment, a very popular feature with Davenport
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1860s Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Leather, Walnut

18th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
compartment and a tambour door with a secret locking system. The bottom portion has a sliding desk with the
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Mid-18th Century European Louis XVI Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Anglo-Indian Victorian Campaign Chest with Integrated Writing Desk
Located in Astoria, NY
central drawer contains a drop-front desk surface with multiple small drawers and a secret compartment
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

19th Century Mahogany and Brass Writing Box
Located in Casteren, NL
19th century mahogany and brass writing box with dark blue velvet desk top, inkwell, two original
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19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Antique Coromandel and Satinwood Writing Slope by Austin of Dublin
Located in Northampton, GB
compartment can be found beneath the top half of the leather writing slope which also contains a secret
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Baroque Secretary Desk, Germany 1750, walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
, as well as a secret compartment. The lower part of the secretary desk has one large drawer and two
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1760s German Baroque Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

19th Century Antique Italian Lombardy Secretary Desk Walnut Burl Circa 1820
Located in Encinitas, CA
side pull-out secret compartments in the top, and beautifully inlaid writing surface. Below are 3 large
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Early 19th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

Biedermeier Secretaire with Hidden Compartement, Walnut, Austria circa 1820
Located in Greven, DE
: 155 x 85 x 46 cm Description: Exceptionally narrow writing desk with a highly interesting interior
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Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

English Regency Burl Walnut Blind Door Secretary Bookcase with Bun Feet, C. 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
prospect door flanked by secret column letter compartments, four lower case graduated drawers with period
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1810s English Regency Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Swedish Karl Johan Fall Front Biedermeier Secretary in Mahogany, circa 1820
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
three drawers and mirrored colonnade opening to reveal a secret compartment. Fall front opens to desk
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Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mirror, Birch, Mahogany

Antique Queen Anne Period Double Dome Burl Walnut Bureau Bookcase Secretary 1710
Located in Portland, OR
. The desk has a secret sliding compartment with a storage reservoir underneath, the base has two short
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Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut, Burl

19th Century Louis Philippe French Secretaire à Abattant
Located in Winter Park, FL
the original green leather writing surface and a number of dovetailed drawers and secret compartments
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Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Marble, Brass

Travel Pharmacy for Apothecary, Tuscany, First Quarter of the 19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
” porcelain pestle and some secret compartments. Made of walnut, all the visible part is in mahogany, with
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Early 19th Century Italian Other Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Porcelain, Walnut

Very Fine Neoclassical Empire Swedish Secretary by Johan Högman, circa 1814
By Johan Högman
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
the secret spring-loaded drawers underneath and flanking the pediment top, and ending with the
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19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Marble, Brass

Antique Mahogany Dutch Marquetry Bureau Bookcase circa 1800
Located in London, GB
fall is raised as the writing surface is pulled out, for use as a desk, and the interior has small
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19th Century Dutch Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Unique Carlton House Style Desk with Secret Compartments
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique Carlton House Style Desk with Sliding Writing Surface, Secret Compartments, & a Letter Slot
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19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Antique Bureau Victorian 19th Century Mahogany Writing Desk Very Large
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
fitted interior including a number of small drawers, secret compartments, small central cupboard and
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19th Century Victorian Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

Coromandel Writing Slope
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
and where the secret compartment can be revealed, to open it you remove the the inkwell in the top
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19th Century British Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

Marquetry Writing Slope on Stand
Located in Southampton, NY
Secret Compartments.The Inkwells have been lost over the years.
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19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Walnut

English Lap Desk
Located in Sarasota, FL
An English rosewood lap desk with Turnbridge inlay, original red leather, two secret compartments
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19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Rosewood

19th Century China Trade Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
cubbies, inkwell, mirror, covered compartments, and secret drawers. Fine contemporary base and felt
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1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Hardwood

Biedermeier Desk, Northern Germany, 1830s
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
and several secret compartments. The desk is completely restored and hand polished with shellac
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1830s German Biedermeier Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Birch

19th c. Carlton House Style Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique Carlton House Style Desk with sliding writing surface, secret compartments, and a letter
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19th Century English Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Antique Brass Bound David Edwards Writing Box with Secret Compartment
By David Edwards
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
complex mechanisms for secret compartments. He was bought out by Asprey in 1859 and had two royal warrants
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19th Century British George IV Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Brass

Antique Three Fold Wedged Campaign Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Three Fold Wedged Campaign Desk This mahogany slope is made to an unusual wedge shape and also has
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19th Century British Antique Writing Desk With Secret Compartments

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Mahogany

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