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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Apearlb, post: 741343, member: 11256&quot;]As to the age of the desk, there are no labels on it but there is a stamp inside (almost like a library stamp) with the date Feb 27, ~1928 (we think its a 2 in the 1928 but of course it had to be smudged some....it looks similar in shape to the 2 in the 27).&nbsp; My husband says the top reminds him of some of the tabletops he had in science lab.&nbsp; I’m pretty sure the person we bought this from got it from an auction sale at our local university.&nbsp; We only paid $10 for it but it’s so well made, heavy duty and perfectly sized for our kitchen island.&nbsp; Our kitchen is very traditional and we have no modern cupboards and a very large pantry with shelves and counters. That said, I saw a similar desk with a wood top sell on eBay for $1200.&nbsp; Ours could very well be a reproduction style of that one that was apparently a 1915 arts and crafts desk.&nbsp; I don’t want to mess up the desk by refinishing it with something that might destroy it, especially as the top is a mystery material.&nbsp; Someone suggested soapstone or slate.....I don’t know much about soapstone but it seems too soft to be slate.&nbsp; I have a few things made of slate and they are much darker and harder, and layered.&nbsp; Or can slate be slightly soft? It’s almost a composite type surface maybe.....manmade?&nbsp; Did they have that sort of stuff in the 20’s?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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