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11Desk on a frame — The desk on a frame (or desk on frame) is usually an antique form made up of two pieces of furniture. The first piece is a fairly large and closable portable desk with a slanted hinged top giving access to the writing surface and utility nooks… …
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13Historia del mueble — La Historia del mobiliario sigue a la Historia del arte, aunque con cierta humildad dado su carácter artesanal. Mientras que la pintura y la escultura pueden tener un campo de fantasía ilimitado, un mueble estará necesariamente sujeto a ciertas… …
14vargueno — /vahr gayn yoh/, n., pl. varguenos. Sp. Furniture. a fall front desk of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having the form of a chest upon a small table. [ < Sp bargueño (work) of Bargas (town near Toledo)] * * * ▪ furniture Spanish… …
15vargueno — värˈgān(ˌ)yō noun ( s) Etymology: Spanish bargueño, from bargueño of Bargas, from Bargas, village near Toledo, Spain : a decorative writing cabinet of a form originating in Spain, composed of a rectangular chest supported on legs or a decorative… …
16Portable desk — The portable desk has not one but many forms. In a sense, the portable desk is a long lost ancestor of the portable computer, and the modern laptop could be considered an atavistic grandchild of the 19th century Lap desk.Medieval and renaissance… …
17Fall front desk — The fall front desk can be considered the cousin of the Secretary desk. Both have a main working surface or desktop which does double duty as a cover to seal up papers and other items located in small shelves or small drawers placed one on top of …
18List of desk forms and types — Any list of desk forms and types encountered in the modern office or home, and in antique stores, is incomplete and contradictory given the variations in the naming of desks, as a simple lookup in two or three of the reference books below will… …
19Plantation desk — A Plantation desk is an antique desk form. It is thought to have been originally used as a mail desk by postmen. The form has been known to have been used on Southern plantations in the United States, but it is not limited to them. For some time… …
20Desk on chest — A Desk on a chest is an antique Portable desk made up of two chests, the bottom one usually having drawers and the top one having a hinged desk surface which also serves as a side mounted lid. A Vargueno or Bargueno desk is a specific form of the …
