What is the purpose of this?

[Phil Mueller]

This piece is in a client’s office. Does anyone know the purpose of this box built into the lower base of this desk?

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Thanks!

[Frederick Skelly]

My first thought was that you put the power supplies and some of the long cords in there. But I see them on top the desk. I'm guessing it's just misc storage. It will be interesting to see what others know.

Fred

[Jonathan Vigorito]

I think that’s where Tony Montana kept his “little friend”

[Marshall Harrison]

It appears to do double duty as a food rest.

what goes inside is indeterminate at this point.

Could be for hiding a UPS or power strip etc. Cable on desk top could just mean that the client is just as clueless as you are about it.

[Lee Schierer]

It is a secret storage adrea that's no longer secret.

[Bruce Page]

I don't see any venting for electronics. Probably just misc. storage, maybe for printer paper.

[Wayne Lomman]

It is just secret storage executed in a not very secret manner. To be properly secret it needs a bit more work to hide the hinges and gaps. It also needs a tricky locking mechanism. What gets put into it is entirely up to the user's discretion. Cheers

[John K Jordan]

It is just secret storage executed in a not very secret manner. To be properly secret it needs a bit more work to hide the hinges and gaps. It also needs a tricky locking mechanism. What gets put into it is entirely up to the user's discretion. Cheers

Maybe it's not a secret but a place to put your shoes after you put on the house shoes stored there.

[Mel Fulks]

I think it's to keep the desk from breaking into two pieces when picked up. Looks to me like the support under the top
drawers is open on left side ,so it is not one piece.

[Pat Barry]

I think that’s where Tony Montana kept his “little friend”

I think so

[Bert McMahan]

I doubt it's for cabling- there aren't any good places to actually RUN the wires (at least in the pics). If there were some holes or something in the back then you could make a case for power supply cables.

[Phil Mueller]

Thanks all. I was thinking maybe there was some historic purpose...maybe it is just for misc. storage. It did not have any ports or holes for power cables, etc., so I agree that probably isn’t the purpose.