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6: Caskets in the desk top |
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The lids of the three caskets set into the surface of
the writing desk are opened by pressing buttons in the end of the open
lid of the desk. The design on the desk top and the lids of the three
caskets is a geometrical pattern formed from two varieties of wood - mahogany
and light pear-wood.
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