Lap desk
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Leather, Wood
Measurements
134 mm (Height) x 216 mm (Depth); 305 mm (Length)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 883437
Summary
Red Morocco lap desk inscribed on the lid A.G. AGAR ROBARTES. Interior covered in similar red leather but not in very good condition. Brass carrying handle.
Provenance
A gift from Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave the house to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
(on lock) SECURE/LOCK