Bureau
ca. 1730 (made)
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Transcribed from the green catalogue
'Mahogany carcase, with veneers of walnut, yew and amboyna and brass drawer handles and lock plates. Flat top, ends and front. In front, above two long drawers, of which the lower is the deeper, and two short drawers, the flap rests, when open, on slides and gives access to the desk, which is lined principally with amboyna veneer and comprises a central locking cupboard door disclosing a drawer and flanked by a pair of ivory columns, four pairs of pigeon-holes, and three pairs of ivory-knobbed drawers, of which the outer two pairs are stepped. Four plain bracket feet. Three keys.'
'Mahogany carcase, with veneers of walnut, yew and amboyna and brass drawer handles and lock plates. Flat top, ends and front. In front, above two long drawers, of which the lower is the deeper, and two short drawers, the flap rests, when open, on slides and gives access to the desk, which is lined principally with amboyna veneer and comprises a central locking cupboard door disclosing a drawer and flanked by a pair of ivory columns, four pairs of pigeon-holes, and three pairs of ivory-knobbed drawers, of which the outer two pairs are stepped. Four plain bracket feet. Three keys.'
Object details
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Parts | This object consists of 15 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Pine and mahogany carcase with walnut, yew and amboyna veneers, and brass and ivory fittings |
Brief description | Bureau, English, ca. 1710, mahogany and walnut |
Physical description | Transcribed from the green catalogue 'Mahogany carcase, with veneers of walnut, yew and amboyna and brass drawer handles and lock plates. Flat top, ends and front. In front, above two long drawers, of which the lower is the deeper, and two short drawers, the flap rests, when open, on slides and gives access to the desk, which is lined principally with amboyna veneer and comprises a central locking cupboard door disclosing a drawer and flanked by a pair of ivory columns, four pairs of pigeon-holes, and three pairs of ivory-knobbed drawers, of which the outer two pairs are stepped. Four plain bracket feet. Three keys.' |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Amy E. Tomes |
Object history | Walnut bureau & walnut bureau cabinet, bequest of Miss Amy E Tomes of Welbeck House 12 November 1940 (killed by enemy action - a bomb) Notes from R.P. 1532/40, 6607/35, 1403/40 3/10/40 letter, Executors of Tomes to the Museum listed among the objects bequeathed from Welbeck House, Wigmore Street: "Walnut bureau with ivory fittings", pencil margin note "veneer needs repair" (W.47) "Walnut bureau cabinet with arch top" (W.48) 12/11/40 Transit Room notes "Walnut bureau with ivory fittings (& 3 keys) (split, portions of veneer missing)" W.47 "Walnut bureau cabinet with arch top (& 2 keys) (split, veneer damaged)" W.48 |
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Accession number | W.47:15-1940 |
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Record created | August 29, 2006 |
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