Bureau plat
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1750 - circa 1774
Materials
Mahogany, Leather, Ormolu
Measurements
813 mm (Depth); 1448 mm (Length)
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Croome Park, Worcestershire
NT 170981
Summary
A late Louis XV bureau-plat with two leather lined rectangular drawers and a secret drawer in the frieze, two writing slides each side, on square tapering legs, the frieze inlaid with continuous key pattern and with ormolu borders, rosettes and pendant husks; with glass top.
Provenance
Purchased from S.P. Poirier on 12th March 1765. Loaned to The National Trust by The Croome Heritage Trust in December 2007