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1469022523Code 5242 English writing deskEnglish writing desk for travelers, rosewood with threads, corner protectors, retractable handles and brass hinges, lock signed Bramah patent London, with its key. On a brass label on the lid it is engraved the following inscription "Presented to Hudson Wilson On His 21th Birthday By His Mother 25 Jan 1877". Double compartment with lock and secret compartment openable by a spring and three small drawers, 2 glass inkwells and side drawer with internal locking pin. Very good condition. Closed cm 50x27.5x20 (h) - inches 19.68x10.82x7.87.
The travel desk is the ancestor of the laptop and the tablet of today. It had the function of allowing the work of writing also in uncomfortable situations. The more elaborate models were equipped with drawers and compartments for paper, bottles for ink, pens, business cards, wax etc. The travel desk had luck in the years from 1500 to the second half of the nineteenth century when the "grand tour", that is the journey to Italy, was fashionable. The desks more valuable were of mahogany, oak or larch.
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