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Small maple sloping lid desk used by the Minnesota state Legislature has leather writing area and low gallery at rear with post and ball decoration. Two drawers below desk top had brass keyhole surrounds; one is missing. The base has four turned wooden legs and feet and low shelf with railing. Simple shelf designs ornament side corners; simple scroll designs are carved above front feet and below desk top front, ca. 1882.
Made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008. Administered by the Minnesota Historical Society.
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