Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 156
ork, which, together with the massive handles,would also place its date about 1765. The case isdivided into three sections, the sides of the lowerpart being devoted to drawers. The lower middlesection has four drawers, above which is a wide flap I30 Furniture of the Olden Time which lets down,… … Illus. 87. —Maple Desk, about 1795. top bureau desk was seldom made after 1790.Sheraton says : Bureau in France is a small chestof drawers. It has generally been applied to com-mon desks with drawers made under them. Thesepieces of furniture are nearly obsolete in London.Slant-top desks do not…
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