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7: Book-rest


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Bronze plaque featuring putti
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Surface for writing while standing up
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The small upper cupboard is decorated with a bronze plaque. With a turn of a key a surface automatically emerges from it and opens up to form a book-rest or a place to write while standing. There is a stand for paper above and containers for writing paraphernalia to the sides.

 

 

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