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<p>[QUOTE="Adrian Lewis, post: 2661444, member: 12565"]Stick with the original advice, pre WWII. Post WWII had seen subtle changes in office furniture to lighter oak, lighter guage wood and without the clumsy iron cleats of 15/20years previous. The difference in furniture making over a 15/20 year period is obvious even though manufacturers clung to the same basic principles. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=1940s+office++oak+desk&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwinhc36o8HrAhUK4hoKHSVxB38Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=1940s+office++oak+desk&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECAAQGFCvhgVYpb0FYPzBBWgAcAB4AIABW4gBlAySAQIyMJgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=Xr5KX6feNYrEa6XinfgH&client=opera&hs=vVq" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=1940s+office++oak+desk&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwinhc36o8HrAhUK4hoKHSVxB38Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=1940s+office++oak+desk&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECAAQGFCvhgVYpb0FYPzBBWgAcAB4AIABW4gBlAySAQIyMJgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=Xr5KX6feNYrEa6XinfgH&client=opera&hs=vVq" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=1940s+office++oak+desk&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwinhc36o8HrAhUK4hoKHSVxB38Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=1940s+office++oak+desk&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECAAQGFCvhgVYpb0FYPzBBWgAcAB4AIABW4gBlAySAQIyMJgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=Xr5KX6feNYrEa6XinfgH&client=opera&hs=vVq</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Adrian Lewis, post: 2661444, member: 12565"]Stick with the original advice, pre WWII. Post WWII had seen subtle changes in office furniture to lighter oak, lighter guage wood and without the clumsy iron cleats of 15/20years previous. The difference in furniture making over a 15/20 year period is obvious even though manufacturers clung to the same basic principles. [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=1940s+office++oak+desk&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwinhc36o8HrAhUK4hoKHSVxB38Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=1940s+office++oak+desk&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECAAQGFCvhgVYpb0FYPzBBWgAcAB4AIABW4gBlAySAQIyMJgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=Xr5KX6feNYrEa6XinfgH&client=opera&hs=vVq[/URL][/QUOTE]
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