Bureau plat
Category
Furniture
Date
1880 - 1900
Materials
Rosewood, kingwood, walnut drawer linings, ormolu mounts, leather
Place of origin
France
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Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446128
Summary
A rosewood and kingwood cross-banded serpentine bureau plat, French, late 19th century, the top with gilt-tooled green leather top, above a central frieze drawer flanked by two drawers either side and cabriole legs headed with bold ormolu foliate mounts trailing to sabots, each end applied with ormolu bacchic masks.
Provenance
On loan from Lodge Park on the Sherborne Estate in Gloucestershire (National Trust).