SMALL ANTIQUE ROLL TOP DESK / WRITING BUREAU in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal for sale

Beskrywing
Soort: Furniture
Soort: Antiques
SMALL Antique Roll Top Desk / Writing Bureau Was R2,500 No Only R1,500
SMALL
ANTIQUE ROLL TOP DESK /
WRITING BUREAU
Delicate, Small make
Solid Wood
Excellent Condition
3 Drawers
Metal Drawer Handles
A must for Antique Collectors, this is typical of the 18th century household.
Was R2,500
NOW ONLY
R1,500 ONCO
Highly Negotiable
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031 462 1426
072 527 0887
HISTORICAL INFORMATION FOR ANTIQUE LOVERS:
A bureau à gradin is an antique desk form resembling a writing table with, in addition, one or several tiers of small drawers and pigeonholes built on part of the desktop surface. Usually the drawers and pigeonholes directly face the user, but they can also surround three sides of the desk ....
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_à_gradin
Souchal, Genevieve. French Eighteeenth Century Furniture. Translated by Simon Watson Taylor. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1963.
De Reyniès, Nicole. Le Mobilier Domestique: Vocabulaire Typologique. Paris: Ministère de la Culture et de La Communication, 1987.