Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 1 - 29th June 2022
Lot 240
A DIMINUTIVE BURR WALNUT BUREAU
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2500
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Description
A DIMINUTIVE BURR WALNUT BUREAU
PROBABLY EARLY 18TH CENTURY
with cross and feather banding, the hinged fall revealing pigeonholes, three drawers and a later baize lined writing surface, above an arrangement of seven drawers, above an apron with a drop centre, on tapering legs united by a shaped 'X' stretcher and bun feet, with brass side carrying handles
83.2cm high, 46cm wide, 30.5cm deep
Catalogue Note
For a related bureau, see Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714, p.217, pl.7:45.