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Offline Lewill2

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Old Desk
« on: June 10, 2013, 08:24:44 PM »
This is a video of an old desk in a museum, pretty fantastic craftsmanship.

http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/video/collections/esda/the-roentgens-berlin-secretary-cabinet
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Offline jimwrench

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Re: Old Desk
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2013, 08:57:43 PM »
I hope several people worked on that otherwise that looks like a lifetime of work.
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Re: Old Desk
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2013, 10:12:28 PM »
What a great desk, and it's sort of sneaky and fun. I bet that cost a small fortune but when it was first built, as apposed to a huge fortune today.

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Re: Old Desk
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2013, 03:46:07 AM »
WOW!! that's amazing...
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Re: Old Desk
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2013, 12:30:55 PM »
2 brothers and they both had large crews of workmen, as far as I know.
  Its often the case when you see one guys name it was really his whole company.
  yours Scott
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