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Toy Bureau

Collection Type

  • Furniture

GUSN

GUSN-12261

Description

Frontal bulbed feet support a straight apron and case with three graduated veneered drawers with knobbed wood pulls. Rectangular, slightly overhanging grained top surmounted by a simple straight splashboard. Sides have sunken rectangular panels.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bureaus (slant-front desks)
toys (recreational artifacts)
Pine
Maple Veneer
BUREAU

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 x 5.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1547

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