Bureau bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Metal, Wood
Measurements
60.75 in (h)32.5 in (w)16 in (d)
Collection
Princes Risborough Manor House, Buckinghamshire
NT 1412509
Summary
A bureau bookcase, the 2 shelves with fluted edges and supported at sides on S-scroll brackets terminating with gilded patera and resting on pad feet. Two brass rods down each side. Fluted gallery on three sides of top. Base with a drawer above a cupboard, the drawer containing a hinged writing surface covered in green baize, and 4 compartments to right. The cupboard enclosing 4 small above 1 long drawer, and a shelf. On cabriole legs with gilt metal paw feet at front, and without at back, Fluting around base, stringing on drawer, doors and S supports. Pieces of veneer and beading mising. One front foot unstable.