The Keir library-table top, the moulded cedar rectangular writing surface with inlaid border, bearing the inscription de Dilicenter et Quannimiter sustine et abstine nec festinanter nec secniter etentes aut perfice (make use of carefully endure and abstain, do not complete hastily or slowly), the frieze applied with the inscriptions palma non sine pulvere and non omnia possumus omnes (each one is suited to his own sphere and that alone and no success without labour), the drawers and base lacking, 86 x 53in. (173 x 135cm)