Bureau
style of Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779)
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany, oak and brass
Measurements
950 mm (Width)
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871446
Summary
Desk; Bureau - Chippendale style mahogany bureau on shaped bracket feet, the top half containing a fitment centred by a small cupboard door flanked by eight pigeon holes and having nine small drawers. The bottom half containing four long graduated oak-lined drawers mounted with their original brass furniture.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957.
Makers and roles
style of Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779) , cabinet maker