Bureau bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Mahogany, glass, brass, pine or deal
Measurements
235 cm (H); 90 cm (W)
Place of origin
England
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Plas Yn Rhiw, Gwynedd
NT 647888
Summary
A mahogany bureau-bookcase, English, circa 1770. The upper section with a pair of astragal glazed doors and dentil cornice, the base with a sloping fall enclosing a fitted interior, above four long graduated drawers, raised on bracket feet.
Provenance
The property was given to the Trust as part of the Plas yn Rhiw estate between 1950 and 1966 by Eileen, Lorna and Honora Keating in memory of their parents, John William and Constance Annie Keating.