Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 69
Illus. 26. — Kettle-shaped Bureau, about 1770. The height of the legs brings the level of the bureautop about the same as one with four drawers. Onehandle and one escutcheon were remaining uponthis bureau, and the others were cast from them.The block front with its unusually fine shells… … lUu^. 25. —Bl .^:^a.. ..bout 1770. RK , LtNOX AND ■FOUNDATIONS. Bureaus and Washstands 45 the double chest in Illustration i8, which weremade about 1765. The looking-glass in the illus-tration is described upon page 362. Illustration 26 shows a mahogany bureau of thestyle known as kettle shape,…
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