Duane:

thanks for the ponter to the Knapp Joint. I took some pics
of an old oak drop lid desk that used this joint for the
drawers and couldn't relocate the info I dug up on it.

The piece seems to want to be a Swiss Army Knife
of the furniture world
display case/china cabinet/armoire?
barrister book case
drop lid desk (drop lid seems to be missing)
drawer unit
linen drawer
It's a very incongruous piece.

charlie b