Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 156
Illus. 87 top bureau dmW -^as Maple Desk, about 1795. s seldom made after 1790. Sheraton says r- 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… … Illus. 88. — Hepplewhite Desk, Cabinet Top, 1790. Desks 133 books published after 1800, and it is safe to assigna date previous to the nineteenth century to anysuch desk. IHustration 87 shows the latest type of a slant-top desk, made in 1790-1795. The frame is ofmaple, the drawers being ot curly…
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