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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 1826261, member: 360&quot;]Thanks CC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, pretty standard lap-desk or writing-slope/box. Design looks older than most I&#039;ve seen. The kind with the fold-down single leaf at the bottom suggests an earlier date of manufacture. So probably early 1800s or very late 1700s. </p><p><br /></p><p>The skiver (fabric-lined area) was usually covered in velvet or leather. It couldn&#039;t be anything too fibrous, otherwise you couldn&#039;t write on it. Pen-nibs are VERY sharp - they&#039;d feel the unevenness of the fabric through the paper, and then it&#039;d just catch and rip. </p><p><br /></p><p>The skiver is in fairly decent condition, as is the rest of the box. I mean it can be repaired/restored, if you want to really put effort into it. </p><p><br /></p><p>It appears to be missing the inkwell/s and key, which is very very VERY common. Repairing/replacing the skiver is possible, if you ever want to do that...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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