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Crofts (writing tables)

Scope note

Small writing cabinets of table height with drawers in the support and a flap top with drop leaves; of a type invented in late 18th-century England by the Reverend Sir Herbert Croft.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300039457

Broader Terms used

writing tables

Equivalent Terms used

croft

Created

12yrs ago

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