Walnut coffee table with glass inset, found today
Description
Found a walnut coffee table this afternoon around 3:15 pm in the Mount Pleasant Public Library lobby on Main Street, Mount Pleasant, IA. It's a mid-century style piece, about 42 inches long and 20 inches wide, with a tempered glass inset and a small drawer. The table is solid and in decent condition, but there's a light scratch on the right front leg and a pencil initial 'R.J.' etched on the underside of the drawer pull. I'm not sure who it belongs to, but I'd really like to help get it back to its owner in Southeast Iowa. If this sounds like your table, please message me with details about where you kept it at home or when you last had it.
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