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Roll top or cylinder desk

Description

Three drawers on right side. Small top drawer with 4 compartments. Medium middle drawer and large bottom drawer. Inside roll top is several small compartments and two tiny triangular drawers in the middle. When I was a kid I remember it having a green leather writing surface but it is no longer there.  It has a matching wooden swivel chair with a two color red and green leather cushion

Category Furniture
Medium I believe it's made from walnut
Distinguishing marks Locking roll top
Condition Fair
Size and dimensions of this item Big
Weight Heavy
History Passed from my grandfather to my my father and then to me
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smitty55 🌱 Newbie 13 years ago

Hello, its a victorian cylinder secretary in walnut probably around 1860 to 1890 and looks like the wood on the cylinder is burl walnut. these used to bring around 600 dollars give or take sometimes as much as 900.00 if you could get that. The value now probably closer to 300 dollars.

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