Bureau-bookcases
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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Furnishings (Hierarchy Name) > furnishings (artifacts) > <furnishings by form or function> > furniture > <furniture by form or function> > <storage and display furniture> > case furniture > desks > desks and bookcases
Descripción
Refers to English and European desks with a steeply sloping lid (usually a 45-degree angle) surmounted by a bookcase. For similar American examples use "desks and bookcases." The furniture type developed from the bureau. In the early 18th century one form of bureau comrpised drawers below a sloping writing flap, resting on cabriole legs. Many bureaus of this period and earlier were surmounted by a bookcase, often enclosed by glazed or unglazed doors. Dutch furniture makers developed the form, creating the "bureau-bookcase," which was often fitted with an ingenious combination of drawers and compartments. It became very popular, and spread to other parts of Europe.
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Otros términos
- buró librería [es]
- bureau-bookcase [en]
- bureau-bookcase [nl]
- bureau-bookcase [es]
- bookcases, bureau [en]
- bureau bookcases [en]
- desks, secretary (bureau-bookcases) [en]
- secretary desks (bureau-bookcases) [en]
- bureau-boekenkasten [nl]