Consumer Affairs basically says that hotel guests can avoid what it calls the "Front Desk Scam" by simply hanging up. The organization writes : "[A]lways remember the anti-scam rule 'Don't call me ...

Desks from past centuries were designed to solve problems of the past. Where to place the inkwell? Could there be a locked drawer or a hidden compartment for valuable papers? Could papers be filed … ...

Appraisal: Texas Fall-front Desk, ca. 1860 GUEST: I found this desk, and it had been abandoned in a barn that my grandparents were buying in East Texas.

This type of desk is known by a variety of names, but often it is called a slant-top desk. Among several other things (such as a fall front desk), it is also called a Governor Winthrop desk, but ...

Desks from past centuries were designed to solve problems of the past. Where to place the inkwell? Could there be a locked drawer or a hidden compartment for valuable papers?

View A Fall-Front Desk, Library Table, and Lamp Table Model No. 180, USA, circa 1905 by Stickley Brothers Company on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Stickley Brothers Company. Price ...

What appears to be the top drawer is actually a fall-front writing surface. A butler's desk was originally used as a sideboard or storage piece in a dining room or butler's pantry.