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Roll-top Desk, ca. 1880, Walnut, burl walnut veneer, pine

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Roll-top Desk

Maker unknown · United States · ca. 1880

Medium: Walnut, burl walnut veneer, pine
Dimensions: 42 x 18.5 in. (106.7 x 47 cm) · L 31 in. (78.7 cm)
Accession: 1977.164.1
Credit line: Gift of Albert D. Putnam, B.A. 1925, and Marcella Putnam for the Restored Student Rooms on the Old Campus

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