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	<span id="result_box" lang="fr"><span>L&#39;&eacute;critoire</span>&nbsp;est<span>&nbsp;tr&egrave;s populaire,&nbsp;</span><span>d&eacute;s la</span> <span>fin du 18&egrave;me si&egrave;cle</span> <span>et tout au long</span> <span>du 19&egrave;me</span> <span>si&egrave;cle.</span><br />
	<span>C&#39;est </span><span>un</span> <span>objet personnel</span> <span>contenant</span> <span>tous les &eacute;l&eacute;ments n&eacute;cessaires</span> <span>pour la correspondance&nbsp;</span><span>:</span> <span>encriers</span><span>, plumes,</span> <span>un compartiment</span> <span>pour le papier</span><span>, etc.</span>&nbsp; <span>Lorsque la boite est ouvert</span><span>e, elle forme une surface en</span> <span>pente</span> pour ecrire. Cette<span>&nbsp;surface peut &ecirc;tre en cuir ou en velour.&nbsp; </span>L&#39;ecritoire, habituellement en<span>&nbsp;</span><span> acajou</span><span>, noyer ou</span> <span>palissandre,</span>&nbsp; <span>est souvent cercl&eacute; en laiton</span>&nbsp;avec les coins en <span>laiton</span>&nbsp; <span>a fin de lui prot&eacute;ger</span> <span>lors des d&eacute;placements.</span></span></p>