Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 65
eemed simpler to call them so in this chapter. Bureaus were made of mahogany, birch, or cherry,and occasionally of maple, while a few have beenfound of rosewood. Walnut was not used in ser- 40 Bureaus and Washstands 41 pentine or swell front bureaus, although walnutchests of drawers are not… … Illus. 24.— Block-front Bureau, about 1770. The small bureau in Illustration 24 is in theWarner house in Portsmouth. It is of mahogany,with an unusual form of block front, the blockingbeing rounded. The shape of the board top corre-sponds to the curves upon the front of the drawers.The handles are…
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