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  Encyclopedia: Spinet desk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A spinet desk is an antique desk form which has the exterior shape of a slightly higher than usual writing table, fitted with a single drawer under the whole length of the flat top surface.
The spinet desk is so named because when closed it resembles a spinet, a musical instrument of the harpsichord family.
By this capacity of hiding or revealing the main working area the spinet desk could be said to be a smaller, less obtrusive cousin of the rolltop desk and the cylinder desk.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Spinet-desk   (307 words)

  
 Bargueno desk -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
desk because in early times it served as a dining table, a
The only other major antique combination of a large portable desk and a frame is the more delicate and humble (additional info and facts about Desk on a frame) Desk on a frame of the 18th century.
See also the (additional info and facts about list of desk forms and types) list of desk forms and types.
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 langanwtcone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Later, I learned that it was a style of desk called a spinet desk, which had originated when the makers of a line of small pianos found that public demand for their product had evaporated; shrewdly, they removed the keyboards and musical components and transformed their small pianos into desks (thus the folding top).
The spinet desk would be a place where I could leave whatever I was working on as it was, ready to be resumed later that same day or the following morning.
Although the house we rent is a small one, I thought we could fit the desk in what we call the mud room, a small room between the kitchen and garage that contains the washer and dryer, the water cooler, a rack of clothes, and the woodbox.
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 Antiques : Furniture : Desks :
This lovely antique desk is correctly made to Period Chippendale, that I can not say for sure that it is a Period late 18th century original or if it is a mid to 1870s Centennial Cabinetmaker’s piece.
Desk is roll-top, Eastlake style, walnut, topped by brass rail, two top drawers with arrow carving, interior has seven compartments, green felt sliding out writing surface, straight Hitchcock legs with slightly flared feet, legs carved with small...
I have not refinished the desk, it is in as...
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 Spinet desk Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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 Spinet Desk Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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 Civil War Full Spinet Desk Kit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Sometimes called a 'piano desk' given its resemblance to that instrument.
The stretcher between the legs attaches to the bottom of the desk for exceptional strength.
A desk of this design is usually found in the south east cost of the country.
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 Antiques : Furniture : Tables : Writing : All Items on Ruby Lane
Outstanding Early Mission Style Folding Writing Desk; Crafted by the Cushman Manufacturing Co. Vermont, amazingly this desk can be kept in any corner of the house, then folded out as needed and would make a wonderful addition to any fine collecting.
The desk is elaborately inlaid with brass and as you can see the brass is all over floral.
The "Office Queen" made by the Moore Combination Desk Co. was designed much like a Wooton Cabinet Secretary but since it was in two parts rather than three it did not infringe on Wooton's patent.
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 Charles Hall - 1927 Motor Coach, Flordellen
A six volt lighting and ventilating system was installed for convenience as an auxiliary to the 100 volt circuit.
The master quarters had accommodations for two with a Pullman style bed, wicker chairs, wardrobe, bookcases, built-in radio system, spinet desk with hand-carved panel and ample storage space in the lockers and cupboard.
The interior trim was in gray-green leather with crepe-mohair drapes of orange, green and brown stripes.
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 1920's Walnut Spinet Desk - 3
The desk is in my shop at the moment.
Gladys had purchased this desk, brand new, when she was a teen.
She's owned the desk all of these years.
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 Contemporary Spinet Desk Custom Designed by Shinn Custom Woodworks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
This piece is a writing desk that can be placed against a wall or behind a sofa.
The inspiration for this unique design came from a spinet desk that was popular around the turn of the century.
The first spinet desks were made from old spinet pianos that had the insides removed and were then converted to writing use.
www.montanawood.com /desks/haines/haines.htm   (77 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of desk forms and types Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Each article discusses the name variations and the most general article of all, desk makes comparisons between several forms and places them in historical context.
The division between "desk form" and "desk type" presented here is arbitrary, since there is no consensus as how to differentiate function, form, type and style in these matters.
A form here is something rather specific, while a type can be applied to any given form or all of them.
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 Search:spinet - OXiDE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Read brief overviews of spinets, virginals, and clavichords as well as more detailed ones of Flemish, French, German, English, and Italian harpsichords.
spinet piano stands less than 39" tall (from the floor to the top of the lid) and has an action mechanism much different from its taller...
SPINET [spinet] musical instrument of the harpsichord family.
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 T.C. Desks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
No one site can carry every piece of information about desks you might need, but we've attempted to do the next best thing.
We have compiled a number of the best desk resources and references.
For the popular info check out our desk directory, we have put together the top items people are looking for, compiled related websites (including pictures for many of them!) and related news articles.
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 Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
"As a child, I was always drawn to old things like my grandmother's beautiful pink Depression glass; when she died at 95, she willed it to me along with a spinet desk and rocking chair that I wouldn't sell for a million dollars," Betty said.
She passed on the collecting bug to her husband and, in 1972, the couple began acquiring, reading and researching in earnest.
Their finds include dining sets, armoires, rolltop desks, chests, Victorian parlor chairs, a 1930s gossip bench, a turn-of-the century Victrola, old glass, jewelry, Haeger pottery, lamps and a 100-year-old wicker stroller.
www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2003/08/03/business/business/5949bbf193b5e5dc86256d75007bd22a.txt   (427 words)

  
 Piano - Spinet Piano   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Designer Spinet Piano with Bench This sturdy Schoenhut 25-key deluxe spinet will have your child playing like a professional in no time at all. Chromatically tuned with a full two-octave span, small hammers strike metal rods, producig lovely chime-like tones. The tone never changes and t
Schoenhut - Traditional Spinet Piano w/ Bench Schoenhut®, 25-key, deluxe spinet piano, with matching bench, is unsurpassed in quality and sound. Learn how to play popular tunes easily by using the color-coded learning system and song book. Schoen
Spinet pianos, like their cousins the upright pianos, have become increasingly popular as an inexpensive alternative to the exorbitant majesty of grand pianos.
www.allpianos.com /spinetpiano   (2282 words)

  
 Pueblo Colorado Bed and Breakfast, CO, inn, lodging, accommodations, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Cripple Creek, Royal ...
Intimate room, originally the music room with fireplace, built-in bookcase, elaborate king size brass bed, ruby red oriental rug and a separate small sitting room with three windows in a bay overlooking the tree shaded grounds.
Charming and comfortable room with a windowed wall overlooking the side grounds, king size bed, overstuffed chair, Eastlake desk, small refrigerator and microwave.
Cheerful and pretty powder blue room, king size bed in a nook and a large window seat for a night time view of the Pueblo city lights, small refrigerator and microwave.
www.abriendoinn.com /rooms.htm   (587 words)

  
 Washington Plantation - A Southern Experience - Our Rooms and Accomodations
Abigail's Room has soft mint-green walls with lavish darker gray-green drapes with white sheers and floral tops, and a white beadboard ceiling.
A hand-made queen four-poster rice bed, a period spinet desk and Queen Anne highboy are the major furniture pieces, lit by a pewter chandelier.
This is our Eastlake room, with a hand-carved oak queen-sized bed, two oak dressers and a dark pine tilt-top desk from the 1880s.
www.washingtonplantation.com /roomstemp.htm   (451 words)

  
 Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A warm fireplace lends itself to enjoying a good book or writing a letter at the lovely English writing desk.
The queen size French iron bed, antique spinet desk and comfortable slipper chair is a haven after a long day of work or play.
The coordinating new tiled bath has a large shower with a sunflower showerhead and towelwarmer for your comfort.
www.edwardharrishousebb.com /guestrooms.asp   (273 words)

  
 Queen Ann Desk :: Finest-Furniture.com
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The Lab's three awards are for HVAC energy efficiency retrofits (heating, ventilation, air conditioning); lighting efficiency retrofits; and measurement and verification (MandV) guidelines developed for the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP).
The room has a desk, dresser and a good size...
www.finest-furniture.com /furniture/queen_ann_desk.htm   (883 words)

  
 VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD SPINET DESK
A AMERICAN ROSEWOOD SPINET PIANO CASE WAS CONVERTED TO A SPINET DESK, IN THE 1920'S WITH ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND WITH CARE.
THE EAGLES ON EACH CORNER ARE MADE OF IRON.
THERE ARE A FEW IMPERFECTIONS HEAR AND THERE,BUT ALL AND ALL IT IS STURDY AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
www.1stdibs.com /item.php?id=53315   (50 words)

  
 All Shop's Antiques : Rust Fringed Blanket
Originally used as small bread/toast holder but can be used to hold/display coasters.
These highly sought - after desk calendars are known to date to the late Victorian/early Edwardian period.
The calenders were often found and used within the English school classroom.
www.rubylane.com /shops/rustfringedblanket/ilist/,cs=Antiques,id=1.html   (556 words)

  
 Mroczek Brothers Auctioneers Prior Auctions
Spinet piano, dining set with china cab, Victorian style chairs, bed sets, refrigerator, washer/dryer, freezer, bookcases, china, crystal, glassware, kitchenware, tools, small boat, fishing items, etc.
Nice selection of estate items: Thomasville cherry oval dining table with leaves and 8 chairs and large china cabinet, oak roll top desk, oak dresser with mirror, waterfall bed set, large collection of Candlewick crystal, fine china, crystal, glassware, etc. See photos.
Mahogany: very nice Baldwin spinet piano, tamboor desk, large poster bed, leather loveseat, wing back recliner, antiques, Oriental rugs, oil lamp collection (60+), cedar chest, display cabinet, Waterford crystal, silver, fine china, crystal, glassware, collectibles, waterfall bed set, 2 chrome dinettes, banjo, trumpets, fishing, Singer featherweight, clocks, coin and stamp collections, etc. See photos.
mroczek.com /prior.html   (5178 words)

  
 Desks - ANTIQUE 1850 DAVENPORT SCHOOL MARMS DESK CHERRY
RARE Antique School Desk Chair wood & round metal base
SUPER 1800s PA BLUE PAINT Secretary Cupboard Desk
1189: Early 1900 fall front desk, painted white, Coloni
www.guardiansofvalhalla.net /desks,c63569,1,ur.html   (186 words)

  
 General Estate Auction, July 7th : Knotty Pine Antiques   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
rockers and chairs, (2) painted oak bookcases, maple beds, Eastlake bed, child's slant-top oak desk, Vict.
stands, painted pine kitchen table, pine 3-drawer chest, maple dropleaf table w/extension, Spinet desk, pine 4-drawer chest, pine washstand, etc.
Large selection of glassware and china to include art pottery, cut and pressed glass, Carnival, Sandwich glass, Nippon, Depression and English ceramics, cast iron doorstops, cookware, oriental rugs, very large selection of 19th and 20th cent.
www.knottypineantiques.com /events/2003/july7   (271 words)

  
 eBay Canada - Desks, Furniture, Antiques — new and used items at discount prices on eBay.ca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
RARE Antique School Desk Chair wood and round metal base 
Early Black Lacquer LAP DESK w/ MOTHER OF PEARL Inlay 
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antiques.listings.ebay.ca /Furniture_Desks_W0QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3QQlopgZ2QQsacatZ63569QQsocmdZListingItemList   (375 words)

  
 Bagley House Bed & Breakfast - Fayetteville, Tennessee - BBOnline.com / Guest Rooms/Rates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Bagley House offers the perfect historical backdrop for an overnight stay or any special occasion.
This romantic Victorian-style room features a queen-size bed accented by the warmth of English mahogany furniture, including a beautiful claw-foot, winged-back chair and spinet desk.
Pastel floral wallpaper brings a sense of outdoor beauty to this room, featuring a selection of antiques, an old coal-burning fireplace and two full poster beds with down duvet comforters.
www.bbonline.com /tn/bagleyhouse/rooms.html   (210 words)

  
 Mahogany desk in the Business Zone
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 AMERICAN Antiques!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Rare Early 1800's Flame Mahogany Empire 2 Pc Empire bookcase/secretary desk
Ladies’ fall front Oak writing desk w / full fitted interior
Lyre Back Mahogany desk chair w/ needlepoint seat
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