Bureau Tables Photos

Bureau tables are essentially chests of drawers of the 17th & 18thC which added small kneehole spaces to the front to allow for limited letter writing.

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Room with French decorative elements including desk & writing stand at J. Paul Getty Museum Center. Malibu, CA.Bureau table from Salem or Boston at Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, MA.Bureau table from Newport, RI at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.Bureau table attrib. John Townsend of Newport, RI at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
Room with French decorative elements (c1700) including desk & writing stand at J. Paul Getty Museum Center. Malibu, CA.Bureau table (1740-50) from Salem or Boston at Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, MA.Bureau table (c1760-85) from Newport, RI at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.Bureau table (c1770) attrib. John Townsend of Newport, RI at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
Bureau table attrib.to shop of John Townsend of Newport, RI under early-American mirror in drawing room at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.Kneehole desk attrib. to Thomas Burling of New York in Washington's Bed Chamber at Morris-Jumel Mansion. New York, NY.Bureau table attrib. to John Townsend from Newport, RI at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.Gothic-style desk in Grant's sick room at Grant Cottage SHS. Wilton, NY.
Bureau table (c1770) attrib.to shop of John Townsend of Newport, RI under early-American mirror in drawing room at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.Kneehole desk (c1775) attrib. to Thomas Burling of New York in Washington's Bed Chamber at Morris-Jumel Mansion. New York, NY.Bureau table (1785-90) attrib. to John Townsend from Newport, RI at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.Gothic-style desk in Grant's sick room at Grant Cottage SHS. Wilton, NY.
Kneehole desk supporting shaving mirror & candlesticks at Traquair House. Scotland.Vernis Martin pâpier maché desk in long gallery at Scone Palace. Perth, Scotland.Desk in billiard room / library at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland.
Kneehole desk supporting shaving mirror & candlesticks at Traquair House. Scotland.Vernis Martin pâpier maché desk in long gallery at Scone Palace. Perth, Scotland.Desk in billiard room / library at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland.

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