Arts and Crafts Oak Bureau Desk Bookcase Students Slim Console Space Saving 1900
An attractive and versatile, space-saving Arts & Crafts solid oak bureau-bookcase in lovely antique condition. Most likely made around 1900 in England, this slim 'student’s' bureau offers a workspace and a bookcase combined in a lovely Arts & Crafts antique piece. However and wherever it’s used, it will add lovely two-tone colouring, bygone quality and artisan appeal to any interior.
Slim but sturdy and reassuringly heavy, this traditional bureau is made from gorgeously two-toned regular and golden oak showing lovely grain throughout. It has a handy oak-lined drawer flanked by slide-out desk supports, a locking desktop which pulls down to reveal a variety of useful workstation cubbyholes, two lower bookshelves and an upper gallery, ideal for display purposes.
Crafted with charming, understated embellishments, it features a shapely upper gallery with a pierce-carved heart, topped by carved finials, which beautifully complements the pierce-carved, shapely apron beneath the drawer. Below the lower shelf are shapely, supportive corned braces, while the sides stand on lovely arched feet. The front features metal pulls for the slide-out desk supports, lovely metal handles and decorative metal keyhole escutcheon.
With its good-size desk area, this piece is ideal for furniture lovers looking for a stylish and distinctive occasional or laptop desk, which can double as a console or occasional table with bookcase and storage capacity.
All in all this is a very charming and versatile Arts & Crafts oak bureau, which will fit almost anywhere, adding lovely two-tone colouring, bygone quality and a distinctive, traditional aesthetic wherever and however it’s used.
CONDITION
This bureau-bookcase is in good antique condition. Structurally sound, sturdy and reassuringly heavy, it has to be expected marks and bumps to show its age and has a working desk locking mechanism with smooth pull-down desk and slide-out desk supports. Both rear side feet appear to have undergone hard-to-notice historic repairs, so it is advised not to drag when moving, and also to slide-out the desk supports before lowering the desk, so as to not overload the hinge mechanisms. Overall it’s a very charming Arts & Crafts bureau in lovely antique condition and if well looked after it should be just as attractive and useable for generations to come – please see the photos.
MEASUREMENTS
Height - 106cm, Width - 61.5cm (59cm below top finials), Depth Closed - 28cm, Depth Open - 48cm, Legroom Height - 69.5cm, Desk Width - 55.5cm, Desk Max Depth - 36.5cm, Lower Shelf Max Height - 23.5cm, Middle Shelf Max Height - 26cm, Upper Gallery Shelf Depth - 11.5cm, Weight - 19kg.
DELIVERY
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