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Bureaux Mazarins

Scope note

Bureaux with two tiers of drawers flanking a kneehole recess, some forms intended to be used as writing desks, others as dressing tables; of a type popular in France during the second half of the 17th century.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000174209

Broader Terms used

kneehole desks

Equivalent Terms used

bureau Mazarin

Created

13yrs ago

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