Doll's house bureau
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
10 mm (width); 70 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669211
Summary
A doll's house size wooden (gloss varnished) bureau. It has a sloping front with a door which folds down to forming a writing surface. Below are two drawers which can be pulled out. Either side are two lower shelves which have pieces of wood fixed into them which have been painted to mimic rows of books. There is a row of cream, blue, red and green 'books'. The door and two drawers have rectangular black handles on them. On the back in pencil and ink is written 'Stote, 4/3' and below is a diamond shaped maker stamp in blue ink with letters.