OAK OPEN BOOKCASE, WALNUT SIDE CABINET, MAHOGANY ENVELOPE CARD TABLE, PARCEL-GILT FRETWORK WALL MIRROR, WALNUT DINING CHAIRS
A STAINED OAK OPEN BOOKCASE,
circa 1900, with a lunette frieze and foliate
pilasters, on a plinth base, 228cm. wide.
A WALNUT SIDE CABINET,
Victorian, with a white marble top above
three doors, now with brass grille panels, 136cm.
wide.
A MAHOGANY PEDESTAL
SIDEBOARD, George IV, the [...]

OAK HANGING CORNER CUPBOARD, WALNUT WALL MIRROR, BUTTON UPHOLSTERED ARMCHAIR, MAHOGANY ROCKING CHAIR
AN OAK HANGING CORNER CUPBOARD, mid 18th Century, with a raised gallery top above a fielded paneled door, 49cm. wide.
A MAHOGANY BUREAU BOOKCASE, George III style, early 20th Century, with astragal doors and serpentine drawers, on cabriole legs, faults to glazing, 208cm. high [...]

REEDED FRAME DRESSING TABLE MIRROR, MAHOGANY SERVING TABLE, BEECHWOOD AND UPHOLSTERED FAUTEUIL, SATINWOOD CROSSBANDED EXTENDING DINING TABLE
TWO RUSH SEAT LADDER BACK CHAIRS
A WALNUT ARTIST’S EASEL, 19th Century, with a rear hinged support and ratchet adjusted picture rest, 91cm. wide.; Reputedly to have been in the possession of Sir George Clauses R.A. and purchased from his [...]

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 [...]

BUREAU BOOKCASES — walnut
A walnut bureau bookcase of finely figured walnut, with double-D mouldings and a dividing moulding around the bureau section — relic of earlier divisions (see Bureau). There is a bookrest moulding on the fall. The top has candle slides below the shaped mirrored doors, which are edged with cross-grained mouldings. 1700-1720
A burr [...]

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 — 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, [...]