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Note: The black bars are barriers installed by the Museum
to protect the desk from overly curious visitors who are prone to touch the desk.
Ansley Wilcox's slant-front Chippendale
desk , probably used by Theodore Roosevelt after he was inaugurated:
- Slant-front bureau desk with plain, unmolded top
- Lid falls forward onto 2 pull-out slides
- Seven pigeonholes with shaped dividers above two rows of drawers
- Straight front with four graduated full-length drawers
- Protruding, molded base
- Molded bracket feet
- Brass batwing mounts
with bail handles
- Brass batwing escutcheons
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