Regency Campaign Desk
The hinged top opening first to a velvet inlaid pen compartment above a leather upholstered compartment of drawers above a brass line inlaid hinged case centering a brass plaque inscribed 'WM to HM Sept. 1st 1824' opening to a leather writing surface, further opening to 'secret' hidden drawers.
8in (20cm) h. 16in (40cm) w. 11in (28cm) d.

Georgian Secretary cabinets were frequently made with secret hidden drawers and compartments, used to conceal important papers, jewels and romantic correspondence
Such cabinets were skillfully hidden from the casual observer, however, as the Inspector in Poe's The Purloined Letter states
" I presume you know that, to a properly trained police agent, such a thing as a secret drawer is impossible. Any man is a dolt who permits a 'secret' drawer to escape him in a search.. The thing is so plain. There is a certain amount of bulk --of space --to be accounted for in every cabinet."
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