Bureau plat
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Ormolu, kingwood and tulipwood veneer, leather, gilt bronze mounts
Measurements
77 x 107 x 64 cm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey (Accredited Museum)
NT 1245948
Summary
A small bureau plat, French, Louis XV style, circa 1860, veneered in kingwood and tulipwood, the serpentine top with a leather writing surface within a stepped gilt bronze surround, above a frieze inlaid with sprays of flowers and opening with three drawers to one side, on cabriole legs, each headed by a pierced acanthus leaf and terminated by a scrolling foliate cast sabot.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably originally at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair, Mrs Greville's London home, and bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913) in 1942. This item found on the probate inventory record for Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, found in the Dining Room, page 11.