Bureau
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Dalbergia cearensis, Kingwood [dalbergia cearensis], Leather, Ormolu
Measurements
740 mm (H); 810 mm (W); 1780 mm (D)
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1170751
Summary
Desk. A French kingwood veneered serpentine bureau plat of 3 drawers on cabriole legs with ormolu mounts and leather top, c.1850.
Provenance
Previously amongst the chattels that, in 1978, were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales. In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust. Chattels from the estate of Lady Margaret Myddelton that were accepted in lieu in 2006.Previously on loan to the Trust by Guy Myddelton.