For years after we were married, I had dreamed of having the sort of massive oak-slab desk that would dominate a room — no more child's desk in a trailer closet, no more cramped kneehole in a rented house. |
Close in date to the kneehole desk is a small mantel clock on the chimneypiece of the Green Drawing Room, veneered with red tortoiseshell and surmounted by a figure of Fame. |
Close in date to the kneehole desk is a small mantel clock on the chimney piece of the Green Drawing Room, veneered with red tortoiseshell. |
In the centre of the First State Room is a kneehole writing-desk of about 1680, veneered with brass and pewter marquetry on a ground of tortoiseshell backed with red pigment. |
With a kitchen knife, I made a tiny nick in the wood at the back of the kneehole in the desk, near the floor. |
The kneehole isn't really large enough, but I jam myself into it. |