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cylinder desks and bookcases


Identification code: 300039355



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  • bookcases, cylinder desks and
  • bookcases, cylinder secretaries and
  • bookcases, sisters' cylinder
  • cylinder bookcases, sisters'
  • cylinder desk and bookcase
  • cylinder secretaries and bookcases
  • cylinder-fall desks and bookcases
  • desks and bookcases, cylinder
  • desks and bookcases, cylinder-fall
  • secretaries and bookcases, cylinder
  • sisters' cylinder bookcases

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Desks and bookcases with a hinged one-piece round lid or cover that resembles a section of a cylinder and which rolls up into the desk top; chiefly made in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. For similar desks without a bookcase use "cylinder fall desks."

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