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 papers which Lady Louisa had so laboriously collected were in the drawer of the secretaire, near the fire.

From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary

It whetted her suspicious curiosity to find the secretaire always carefully locked, ever since her discovery of Miss Bodkin's note there.

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

Then she pulled out a bunch of keys from her pocket, and tried them, one after the other, on the lock of the secretaire.

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