Bureau dressing table — Chippendale, Haig and Co. — 1771-1775

Pedestal dressing-table of pine, oak and mahogany, veneered with rosewood and decorated with marquetry of various woods. On the centre of the top there is an oval containing a fan ornament surrounding a large patera of similar form in sycamore. The borders are of tulip wood. The top drawer forming the frieze is decorated with circular paterae and swags of husks, this ornament continues around the sides. It is fitted with boxes, compartments for dressing and a glass in the centre supported on an adjustable strutt. Below are two pedestal cupboards each enclosing three drawers. The doors are inlaid with husks, paterae and a classical vase within an arched compartment with honeysuckle ornament in the spandrels. In the centre there is a recessed cupboard. The door is decorated with a large scalloped patera edged with husks. Inside the cupboard there is a shelf. At the base of the dresser, there is a cavetto moulding and four shaped bracket feet in front and two behind, which are fitted with large wooden castors on the inner side.