Museum number
F216A
F216B
F216C
Object
Bureau bookcase
Description
Secretaire bookcase, of oak and pine veneered in mahogany, burr oak and sycamore, English, c 1810. The piece composed of two halves, the upper section containing at top a glazed bookcase with two shelves and glazed doors beneath a regular cornice, below a secretaire or desk with "mock" drawer front which lets down on brass slides to allow admission to a writing top covered in baize, and a rear section of pigeon holes, two short and two long drawers. The lower section with two doors with oval veneered panels, enclosing three sliding shelves.
Materials
Mahogany
Inscription
None
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
Furniture
furniture
furniture
Subject
Decorative
Dimensions
base: 53cm (d) x 109cm (h) x 100cm (w)
cabinet: 31cm (d) x 104cm (h) x 96cm (w)
regular: 96.52cm (h) x 51.435cm (l) x 213.36cm (w)

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