2 Sentences With "roll top desks"

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Mr. Harrington said that the supply of antique dining tables far outstripped the demand, but that flip-up or expandable versions had some appeal — unlike big roll-top desks and slant-front cabinets. from The New York Times
This prolific manufacturer had more to do with bringing the Arts and Crafts style to the masses than any other. The drawers of Harris Lebus furniture such as chests, wardrobes and roll-top desks made during this period,can be identified by the H.L.L (stands for Harris Lebus, London) on the face plates of the brass locks. More obviously, some desks had 'The Lebus Desk' stamped on the escutcheon plate of the roll-top lock. In addition, the firm took out a 1904 patent relating to the construction of drawer sides (a framed panel, rather than solid wood), to reduce warping and subsequent sticking.. This provides a further identification aid for Lebus furniture of the Edwardian period.