Bureau bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
1750 - 1799
Materials
Walnut, brass
Measurements
199 x 92 x 59 cm; 39 cm (Depth)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101766
Summary
A walnut bureau-bookcase, English, second half 18th century, the moulded cornice above pair of doors with panel moulding, with decorative brass lockplates, two candle slides with brass knobs and crossbanded fall below are two short and three long drawers, all with cockbeading, the two short drawers flanked by pull-out stays, the fall and three long drawers with brass lock plates, all drawers with shaped escutcheons with swan-neck handles, bottom drawer front possibly replaced, on bracket feet.
Provenance
formerly in store at Sissinghurst - brought 1984