Bureau bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Mahogany, stained wood, oak, pine, brass
Measurements
240 x 115.5 x 58.9 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 135445
Summary
A mahogany bureau bookcase, English, circa 1770. Topped by a broken pediment with dentilled cornice (and later central finial) above a blind fretwork frieze. The upper doors with applied mouldings and enclosing an interior of shelves, the base with hinged slope enclosing an interior centred by a small cupboard door surrounded by drawers and pigeonholes, some inlaid. Above four graduated long drawers and raised on bracket feet. Brass handles and escutcheons.