Victorian carved giltwood Kerb Stool, Victorian carved and gilt-gesso framed Firescreen, Victorian ash Writing Table

A Victorian carved giltwood Kerb Stool, circa, the floral bead work upholstered seat above a cabochon apron and leaf scroll supports, lacking three paterae.
A set of four Victorian walnut balloon-back Chairs, circa, with pierced mid-bars and stuffed fawn brocade seats, on [...]

BUREAUX  reproduction, on legs
This section covers several types of bureaux which emulate earlier styles with varying degrees of accuracy. They are mainly small pieces of furniture intended for occasional use.
A made-up oak desk on stand with an interesting contrast of styles which works quite well. The top desk section has been carved in 17th century [...]

BUREAUX  reproduction, on bracket feet
The bureau seems to have languished (except as a bonheur-du-jour) until nearly the end of the 19th century when it enjoyed a revival in various forms but particularly in reproduction Sheraton style. The illustrations in
this section trace the main types of bracket foot bureaux up to 1930. We have included those [...]

BUREAUX — cylinder and tambour
The use of a sliding cylinder or tambour instead of a fall seems to have become most prevalent in the late eighteenth century and to have continued in use throughout the nineteenth, when the roll-top desk became widely used in offices.
This form of writing desk or bureau merits a section on [...]

BUREAUX ON STANDS
Late seventeenth century oak bureau showing the evolution from a simple desk to more complex internal drawers and pigeon holes under the fall-front. The bureau is on a stand with a single drawer in it and on
baluster-turned legs with square stretchers, one of which is missing (left-hand side). Note here the ‘desk’ section [...]

BUREAUX
The bureau evolved from the simple portable boxes with sloping lids used by writers in the Middle Ages. With a certain stability coming to life, it was useful to have this on a stand rather than to keep using up valuable table space (although Victorians returned to the writing box much later). Towards the third [...]

BUREAUX — later 18th century
In the early part of the eighteenth century the bureau was high fashion. Gradually as the century progressed and property increased a succession of new pieces of writing furniture were evolved or adapted with the
result that the bureau as illustrated in the last section (but not the bureau bookcase) tended to [...]

BUREAUX — early 18th century
Early eighteenth century bureaux are highly prized as examples of cabinet making at its best. As can be seen from the value points listed at the start of the Bureaux section, the inside fittings are important in determining value, as is size. They are extremely useful in the modern home for, [...]