Cylinder bureau
Category
Furniture
Date
1785
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Brass, Dalbergia nigra, Olivewood, Rosewood [dalbergia nigra], Satinwood
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1297303
Summary
A satinwood cylinder bureau, English circa 1785. Inlaid with olivewood and boxwood diamond bands, cross banded in rosewood, slide out interior fitment with adjustable reading easel, fitted one long frieze drawer. Front inlaid with rosewood and boxwood banding, brass medallion handles, on square tapered supports, inlaid rosewood line, brass castors.