secretaire

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Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

The independent judicial officer heard evidence and submissions from Fillol, who pleaded guilty, from the Stade Francais Paris secretaire general, Cedric Boudarel, and from the club's legal counsel.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2013

The discovery of Minnie Bodkin's note in Algernon's secretaire at the office had incited Castalia to make some other attempts to pry into that depository of her husband's papers.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

Mr. Marvin authorizes me to find him an old Colonial secretaire with diamond-paned glass in the upper doors, and the old urn and balls crowning the top.

From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

She went to her secretaire, and, taking out the receipt, showed it to him, saying, "I suppose this is clear enough?"

From The Queen's Necklace by Dumas père, Alexandre