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Case Piece · America
Bookcase Section of a Desk and Bookcase
Maker unknown · America · c. 1780
This bookcase is the upper section of a desk and bookcase. A desk and bookcase in the 1700s, often equipped with several locks and keys as in this example, served as a self-contained office for the gentleman of the household.
— Cleveland Museum of Art, catalogue text
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