The Handbook for Travelers in India Burma and Ceylon Edition 1874 carries extensive instructions for the minimum amount of clothing weapons tents and food needed for a successful voyage in the tropics. Boxes trunks and chests were packed and hauled on exploration hunting or military expeditions that traversed mountains and deserts. Documents books and libraries games and tables folding chairs and exquisite foods from purveyors to the Queen were taken along. All this had to be packed and unpacked every single day. The design and manufacture of furniture fitting all these requirements and ways of travel was both an art and a science. In the rich tradition of 19th Century furniture makers who supplied furniture to all corners of the Empire Authentic Models has developed a system of stackable units that can be filled and used in ways to make your expedition more enjoyable. Units can be arranged in single stacks or to fill an entire wall. They can section off one part of a room as both the front and the back are finished. Always practical very decorative and never boring. Exquisitely finished made from solid cherry maple and birch - these brass bound modular units will survive centuries and fill both grown-up and kid`s spaces any way needed in style. Made with Solid Cherry Maple and Birch woods Versatile stacking furniture Expertly hand finished - front and back Slightly distressed hand rubbed honey finish Solid brass hardware Desk transports as a box top and front drop down to a writing desk Size 31.5 inches wide by 15.5 inches deep (in box configuration) and 15.75 inches high. Note: This item is for the desk top ONLY- the base is not included.