Beard Watson Bureau Bookcase with Glass Door and Bureau
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- Bureau Bookcase - In a bureau bookcase, the upper section is a conventional bookcase with wooden or glazed doors, the centre section includes a bureau with the usual drawers and pigeon-holes and a fall-front writing surface, while below there are cupboards or drawers.
- Fall Front - Furniture with a hinged flap, usually associated with desks and secretaires, that opens or 'falls' to provide a flat writing surface. The flap may be supported by chains or brass quadrants and rest on wooden supports or runners, known as lopers, that pull out from a recess in either side of the piece. The interior of a fall-front desk is usually fitted with small drawers and pigeonholes.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Beard Watson & Co. (Sydney, Australia) - furniture, designers and makers 29
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bookcases, function or type
- bureau cabinets 132
- two door 305
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