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Desks For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
1940s Hollywood Regency Ladies Kidney Shaped Writing Desk -Finished in the Round
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1940's Hollywood Regency Kidney Shaped Ladies Writing Desk. This piece is finished on all sides and would "float" very nicely in your room of choice. There is drawer space and shelve...
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1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Modern Teak Desk. 1970's
Located in Nantucket, MA
A handsome and finely crafted mid-Century Modern solid teakwood desk. It features a set of three drawers on the left side, drawer in the middle, and open shelves on the right. The ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
English Edwardian Chippendale mahogany desk
Located in Salisbury, GB
Edwardian Chippendale mahogany desk
This Edwardian Chippendale mahogany desk was made circa 1910.
The cabinetmaker took inspiration from the designs of Thomas Chippendale. Using the ...
Category
Early 1900s English Chippendale Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Danish Modern Executive Teak Desk by Arne Vodder for H.P. Hansen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning Danish modern executive teak desk designed by Arne Vodder for H.P Hansen in Denmark, circa 1960’s. This rectangular desk shows wonderful details that are very well executed. Features a pull-out dovetailed drawer and a file drawer, all integrated with original solid steel handles. One the opposite side of the desk, there's a modesty panel, showcasing teak...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Danish Console Table / Desk in Rio Rosewood by Ib Kofod Larsen
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
A Danish rosewood console table with two drawers, undertier and distinctive curved leg supports by Ib Kofod Larsen for Faarup Mobelfabrik...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Hardwood
1960s Arco Office 3-Drawer Desk by Studio BBPR for Olivetti Sintesis
By Studio BBPR, Olivetti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an Arco desk, designed by Studio B.B.P.R for Olivetti Sintesis in 1963. The piece was manufactured in Italy in the 1960s. The frame and base are made of iron, and it has a ca...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Iron
1920's French Sculpted Oak Art Nouveau Desk with Chair
Located in Paris, FR
An exquisite desk and desk chair fashioned from solid oak wood dating back to the 1920s. The chair's seat and the desktop were masterfully reuphols...
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1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
Danish Modern Model 68 Secretary Desk in Teak by Arne Wahl Iversen Vinde, 1960's
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a freshly restored Model 68 secretary desk designed in the 1960s by the influential Arne Wahl Iversen for Vinde Møbelfabrik. Constructed from a mix of solid and veneered ...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak, Paint
Erik Wørts Danish Mid-Century Rosewood Desk & Armchair
By Erik Wørts
Located in Norwalk, CT
Dive into a realm of unparalleled craftsmanship and timeless elegance with this rare Erik Wørts Danish Mid-Century Rosewood Desk and Armchair ensemble. A true embodiment of 20th-cent...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Teak Desk, designed by Svend Aage Madsen for H.P. Hansen, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Designer desk designed by Svend Aage Madsen for the Danish manufacturer H.P. Hansen in the 1960s.
Made of teak, after professional restoration in our workshop, in perfect condition....
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
TEAK Mid Century Modern Danish "MAGIC BOX" Desk / Hideaway Secretary Desk
Located in Weehawken, NJ
This Mid Century Modern Teak "Magic Box" secretary desk highlights precisely what makes Danish furniture so functional and versatile. This cabinet takes up minimal depth yet once you...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood, Teak
Danish Modern Teak Desk by Danflex
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning Danish modern teak desk manufactured by Danflex in Denmark, circa 1960s. This desk has an innovative design where you can appreciate the fine attention to details and the gr...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Small Mid-Century Danish Teak Desk, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
A small desk made in the 1960s in Denmark. It has a module with three drawers with contoured handles. The desk has been professionally renovated and is made of teak wood. It has bee...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Restaurant Clerks Desk Greeting Station, Greeter Neat Front of House Desk
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Restaurant Clerks Desk Greeting Station, Greeter
A very neat Front of House Reception Greeter, the greeting desk has a sloping lift up storage compartme...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Desks
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Machine Age Industrial Desks by Bel Geddes for Simmons Furniture Co.
Located in New York, NY
High Style, Art Deco, Machine Age, Industrial design desk(s) by Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons Furniture Company circa 1930's. The desks feature a bank of three drawers which flank th...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Steel
Rorimer Brooks Art Deco Moderne lacquered bookcase Writing desk with chair
Located in Ferndale, MI
Manufactured by obscure Rorimer Brooks co. of Cleveland Ohio . Art Deco or Moderne Writing desk in matte black lacquer with cream accents . Bank of five...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Desks
Materials
Wood
Danish Modern "Magic" Adjustable Teak Desk / Dining Table / Coffee Table
Located in San Diego, CA
Super rare Danish modern "Magic" adjustable teak writing desk / dining table / coffee table circa 1960s. The piece is incredibly functional and can be lowered with a pulley mechanism...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass
An Elegant French Louis XV Style Ebonized 3-Drawer Writing Desk with Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
of pegged construction the serpentine top with hand-tooled maroon leather insert above a shaped apron fitted with 3 drawers adorned with rocaille brass escutcheons; all raised on gra...
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Early 1900s French Rococo Revival Antique Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Desk, Wood, Italy, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern desk, wood, Italy, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Modern Executive Walnut Desk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning mid-century modern walnut executive desk made in the USA, circa 1960's. This desk features a well-crafted walnut design accented by elegant chrome handles. Designed with fun...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
Joaquim Tenreiro Bloch writing desk Brazil 1965
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Beautiful Bloch writing desk designed by Joaquim Tenreiro and manufactured in Brazil 1965. This desk was once used in the BLOCH EDITORES S.A. BUILDING, a well-known Brazilian publish...
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Danish Rosewood Desk by Arne Vodder 1960.
By Arne Vodder, Sibast
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Superb Scandinavian Desk.
2 x 2 drawers on the front (with keys).
Very beautiful workmanship. Elegant and sober design.
The boxes are connected to the furniture structure by magni...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Extendable Oak Table
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Presenting an exquisite French Art Deco dining table inspired by the timeless beauty of the French provincial style. Crafted from rich oak, this table showcases the wood's intrinsic ...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Walnut and Aluminium Desk by Alexis Yermakov for Stow Davis
Located in Pasadena, TX
Mid-Century Modern Walnut and Aluminium Desk by Alexis Yermakov for Stow Davis
1970s
Clean lines with aluminium accents, this minimalist design features ample leg room, 4 drawers (o...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique postal sorting desk
Located in Franklin, TN
Antique wooden post office sorting desk with a beautiful, rich brown patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Campaign Chest Desk Secretary Camphor Wood Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a highly sought after antique campaign chest / secretary
The piece has been crafted from camphor wood and is circa 1910
The central section opens out to reveal the re...
Category
1910s Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Georgian Desk Mahogany Pedestal Bureau
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany Georgian revival desk. This desk stands upon a plinth base and has an arrangement of 9 graduated drawers.
Each of the drawers having brass swan neck handles. The top of the ...
Category
Early 1900s Georgian Antique Desks
Materials
Mahogany
1940s Traditional style Writing Desk w/ Hermes Orange Leather Top
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1940's Traditional style Writing Desk with Hermes Leather Top. Beautifully carved with 4 spacious drawers.
Category
1940s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Wood
Chippendale Desk Writing Table Pedestal 1910
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Refined mahogany desk or writing table in the Chippendale manner
Features swan neck handle draw fronts terminating on blood ball and claw legs
The top finished with a tooled leather inset
Classic Chippendale pie crust...
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1910s Chippendale Vintage Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Edwardian walnut bon heur du jour
Located in Salisbury, GB
Edwardian walnut bon heur du jour
This Edwardian walnut bon heur du jour (in French, bonheur-du-jour, meaning "daytime delight") was made circa 1910.
The top with the stationery box...
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1910s English Edwardian Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Mid Century Strafor desk from the Netherlands, 1960s
By Strafor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid Century, Strafor manufactured desk from the Netherlands, 1960s. The desk's frame has cabinets on both sides with a file drawer on the right hand side. Outfitted with a linoleum t...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal
1950's Mid Century Desk and Chair Conant Ball Modern Mates by Leslie Diamond
Located in New York, NY
Architectural Mid Century desk, with original chair, designed by Leslie Diamond, for Conant Ball, as part of their hugely successful Mod...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Vanity
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Rare Charlotte Perriand desk for Les Arcs. Circa 1960s.
Solid pine table with matching stool - both with beautiful original patina.
Desk has 2 drawers and can also be used as a van...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desks
Materials
Pine
Mid-Century Lexington Furniture Victorian Style Solid Cherry Writing Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid-Century Lexington Furniture Victorian Style Solid Cherry Writing Desk in great vintage condition. Measures 32" in width, 20" in dpeth, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Cherry
Art Nouveau Writing Desk with 9 Drawers (Vienna, 1910)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Schreibtisch
Ausführung: unbekannter Hersteller, Wien um 1910
Maße in cm (H x B x T): 79 x 125 x 78
Material: Messing, Eiche furniert (ebonisiert), Leder
Zustand: guter Zusta...
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1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
High Polished American Mid-Century Aluminum Folding Army Desk
Located in New York, NY
WWII Aluminium Military Campaign Desk-Collapsible
This desks was originally painted in a sea foam blue color for use in US military field hospitals. The desk is designed to Collapse...
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Freestanding Teak Desk, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
This desk was made in Denmark in the 1960s. It was made of teak wood with contoured handles. It consists of two modules, on the left there are three drawers, on the right there is a ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Danish Freestanding Teak Desk, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
This desk was made in Denmark in the 1960s. It was made of teak wood with contoured handles. It consists of two modules, on the left there are three drawers, on the right there is a ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Danish Cantilever Floating Desk by Georg Petersens
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Cantilever desk designed by Georg Petersens for Georg Petersens Mobelfabrik in Denmark. Circa 1960s beautiful teak wood. Unique architectural designed sturdy desk top accompanied by ...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Art Deco Figured Walnut Desk, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this exceptional Art Deco English walnut desk of good proportions and dating to the 1930's. A high level of craftsmanship and materials used is evident thro...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Desks
Materials
Chrome
Desk by Rud thygesen & Johnny sorensen for editor Magnus Olesen, Denmark
Located in Brussels , BE
Desk in laminated wood, Designed by Rud Thygesen and Johhny Sorensen for Magnus Olesen in Denmark. It has a drawer on the right side and a sotrage of three drawers on the left side. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Freestanding Teak Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
A desk designed by Danish designer Peter Løvig Nielsen in the 1960s. Desks are characterized by original, extraordinary design and high-quality workmanship made of high-quality mater...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Teak
Early 20th-Century Scriban in Chinese Lacquer
Located in NICE, FR
This two-part scriban cabinet showcases an exquisite combination of cream and gold Chinese lacquer, representing exquisite Italian craftsmanship from the early 20th century. The lower section is equipped with a chest of drawers featuring five drawers arranged in four rows. Above it, there's a slanted writing desk...
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Early 20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Desks
Materials
Wood, Paint
Artona by Afra & Tobia Scarpa – Walnut veneer laminate desk and chair
Located in Brussels, BE
The desk elements made of walnut laminate with different color hardwood overlay.
The top in burr walnut veneer.
The front of the side doors and the central drawer covered in cognac l...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Leather, Wood
Fabulous Antique English Flame Mahog. Chippendale Style Large Desk w/leather
Located in Charleston, SC
This is an extraordinary Old/Antique English highly figured flame or crotch mahogany Chippendale Style Very Large Desk. It may be used as a partner's desk, but the back side is fini...
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Early 20th Century English Chippendale Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Danish Modern Executive Brazilian Rosewood Desk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful Danish modern executive rosewood desk designed and manufactured in Denmark, circa 1960s. This desk has a very particula...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Chrome
France Desk Art Deco, 1950, France, Material: Wood Attributed to Jean Souvrain
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French Desk Style: Art Deco
Year 1940
Wood and bronze
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer.
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Desks
Materials
Bronze
Early Chinoiserie Japanned Leather Top Desk and Chair Set - Nichols and Stone
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful japanned Nichols & Stone chinoiserie desk and matching chair set. The desk itself is swoon-worthy with its painted traditional scenes of a forest and stenciled gold detai...
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Early 20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Desks
Materials
Metal
H.P. Hansen Floating Executive Desk in Teak
By H.P. Hansen
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-century executive floating top desk by H.P. Hansen manufactured in Demark circa 1970s. This beautiful desk was made of the highest quality teak. The grain and color of the wood ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Large Bauhaus Partners Desk, Green Lacquer, Metal, Steeltube, Germany circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Large Bauhaus “Partners desk” (usable from two sides) from Germany around 1930
High gloss lacquered in the original green color (British Racing Green).
Polished steel tube and partly...
Category
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Desks
Materials
Sheet Metal, Steel, Chrome
Art Deco Burl Walnut Cloud Shaped Writing Desk Bureau, English , circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
This is a fantastic 1930s Art Deco writing bureau of small proportions, a really superb piece of furniture. Veneered in a lovely figured walnut...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Desks
Materials
Walnut, Bakelite
Mid-Century Freestanding Kidney Desk, Denmark, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
Freestanding desk made in Denmark in the 1960s in Mid Century style. It is made of walnut wood with profiled handles. The furniture has a unique rounded shape, giving it a unique cha...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Walnut
Severin Hansen for Haslevs Møbelfabrik Teak 4-Drawer Scandinavian Desk, 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed in the early 1960s by Danish designer Severin Hansen, this desk was produced by Haslevs Møbelfabrik. This factory is generally known for its great construction, and this des...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Brass
1950's desk by Louis Paolozzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oak desk from the 1950's designed by Louis Paolozzi , edited by Guermonprez .
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Oak
1964 George Nelson & Robert Propst for Herman Miller Action Office Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original Action Office desk, designed by George Nelson and Robert Propst for Herman Miller in 1964. Action Office was designed as a set of components that could be combine...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Mid Century Bentwood Desk by Paul Goldman for Plymold 1946
By Paul Goldman
Located in Oakland, CA
Streamlined midcentury desk of Bentwood construction by designer Paul Goldman for Plymold. This unique and beautiful treatment of wood furniture was developed by Goldman, a master bo...
Category
1940s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desks
Materials
Bentwood
1940s Johnson Furniture Co Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare 1940s Johnson Furniture Co Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant Front Desk with 3 drawers with dovetail construction, all very well functioning.
Recently refinished and in great ...
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Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Desks
Materials
Brass
Oak Store Counter with Two Brass Slots for Money Storage
Located in Chicago, IL
Oak store counter with two money slots made of brass. Lots of storage. Great condition.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Desks
Materials
Brass
Vintage and Antique Desks for Sale — Shop Handcrafted Mid-Century Modern Desks, Art Deco Desks and Other Desks and Tables on 1stDibs
There’s no reason that the corner of your home you’ve dedicated to work shouldn’t also reflect your personality and sense of style. A collection of unique vintage and antique desks can be found on 1stDibs today.
The right desk can be a good fit for your space and help keep you organized when you need it most. For many, the word “desk” can have a negative connotation. Derived from the Latin desca, meaning “table to write on,” the word can understandably evoke memories of stuffy classrooms or monotonous workdays.
As working from home has become more widespread for part of the workforce, many professionals who work remotely park themselves at the dining-room table or at the kitchen countertop to do so. If you’ve got the space, it's healthy to set aside an area in your home designated for work. A good desk can keep you on track and keep your newly minted home office free of clutter and distractions.
Within your own walls, an office area can be both personal and productive, decorated exactly to your taste or just an unobtrusive addition that aligns with the energy of the space as is. When shopping for a desk, keep height, space and specs in mind. It’s helpful to know if you’ll need the desk to offer storage, such as drawers or a hutch, or if it should fit alongside your bedroom wall as cleanly as possible.
An antique writing desk, for example, will offer a spacious, streamlined work experience with a desktop that affords real estate for your notebooks, pens, laptop and research materials. Secretary desks reveal small inner storage compartments — pigeonholes, cubbies, recesses or drawers — when their hinged leaves are folded out.
Maybe you'd prefer a vintage mid-century modern desk that seamlessly incorporates drawers for storage.
Nebraska-born designer Don S. Shoemaker became inspired by Mexico’s tropical woods, such as cocobolo, a Mexican rosewood, and he decided to work with the material in the postwar years to create desks and other furnishings. Elsewhere, made according to the same high standards as the company’s chairs, celebrated mid-century manufacturer Herman Miller produced desks over the years in a number of versions, created by designers like George Nelson, Gilbert Rohde and Bruce Burdick.
Whether you want a dramatic rolltop-style furnishing akin to the 18th-century secretary commissioned by Louis XVI or a contemporary piece made of everything from linoleum to fallen trees, a new desk and clever arrangement of desktop accessories can brighten the workday in any home.
For every passion project, year-end report or spontaneous million-dollar app idea, find the desk you need on 1stDibs.
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