NO SHIPPING, TRANSPORT REQUIRED! EXTRA GRADE WOOTEN CABINET SECRETARY DESK: Known as the King Of Desks. Wooten Desk Co. Indianapolis, Indiana. Walnut and burled walnut panels. Ornate carved gallery crest with applied elements. Three sections held by hinges. The center has a fall front desk with felt surface and interior compartments and drawers. One of the domed fronts is filled with the original green drawers, the other has slots and receives the mail through a metal slot, the other front has the Wooten metal name plate. Original finish in good condition with some scratches. Includes 3 documents, Smithsonian Institution booklet titled Wooton's Patent Secretary full of amazing history and a magazine from fine wood working and a newer history brochure. Also includes a business card which might have been the original owners. (Named Roque L. Delgade) from Mexico. Approx 79" T x 46" W x 32.5" D. The Wooten desk was patented in 1874 by William Wooten of Indianapolis, Indiana and manufactured in Indianapolis and Richmond, Indiana from 1874 to 1897. HISTORY: The Wooten desk represents the best of nineteenth century Hoosier craftsmanship in fine furniture and was owned by individuals of note from the business, social and political world including royalty and is a symbol of the transitions which occurred in manufacturing and business in the United States during the late nineteenth century. The Wooten became a prized collector's item and was declared an Indiana treasure on April 8, 1983 by Governor Robert D. Orr, in conjunction with the opening of the Wooten Patent Desk Exhibit at Indian State Museum.