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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 147082, member: 360&quot;]A desk of this style is something probably used very occasionally. </p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s inferred by its small (and folding) writing surface and limited storage. I speculate that it was used by someone who needed a desk, but not often, and that it was in a place where large furniture would&#039;ve been awkward or impossible to fit, perhaps on a ship or near the docks or in a warehouse/factory or something like that. </p><p><br /></p><p>That being the case, I imagine that this is actually an antique paymaster&#039;s desk. </p><p><br /></p><p>You park it at the end of the gangway when a ship docks. The paymaster takes a seat and pays off the back wages of all the crew of the ship as they come off the boat, and then when all&#039;s said and done, it&#039;s folded up and wheeled or carried away again, until it&#039;s needed for the next ship.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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