Home     Current Stock     Interior Designers     Our History     Research and Restoration     Sales     Tony on TV     Location     Links   Bureau Bookcases and Desks made from Oak BB 11 see also IP 19 Charles Spooner. A rare Arts & Crafts oak bureau bookcase with moulded cornice and large quarter veneered panels to the upper cupboard including opposing strip veneers around the edges of both doors, and diamond veneered panels to the back of the fall front writing area, which opens to reveal two small drawers and a row of pigeon holes for letters and papers. Stood on square legs with squashed ball feet united by serpentine stretchers. Height 78" , Width 39.5" , Depth 16.34". £POA More >>> BB 12 see also NIF 33C, GO 80, IP 12 and PUGIN 10 A.W.N Pugin, designed for East Horsley Park, a small Tudor/Gothic house designed by Sir Charles Barry and built for William Currie, which then past onto the 1st Earl of Lovelace, who was raised to that peerage in Queen Victoria's Assession Honours list of 1838. In 1835 he married Ada Byron, only daughter of the celebrated poet Lord Byron. She was an important figure, a mathematician and writer, who is known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical computer and is often regarded as the first computer programmer. Sir Charles Barry and Pugin who later entered together and won the competition to rebuild the Houses of Parliament after the great fire in 1835. Height 31" , Width 60" , Depth 34". £POA More >>> BB 13 An Arts and Crafts table top bookcase which would also be perfect for CD's etc made from 1/4 sawn oak with through pegged joints. Height 14 1/2", Width 27" add 1 1/4" for both sides of the through pegged joints, Depth 12 3/4". Circa 1900. £POA More >>> BB 14 A good Arts and Crafts oak desk attributed to Wylie Lochhead with central shelf, galleried sides, stylised copper handles, with a new leather writing area. Height 41", Length 37", Depth 20 3/4". 1900. £POA. More >>> BB 15 A good quality Arts and Crafts bureau bookcase by Maple and Co with green glass to the upper cupboard doors, fitted interior to the back of the writing area, a single drawer with cupboards below and stylised copper handles and hinges. Height 68", Width 30" Depth 14". Circa 1900. £POA. More >>> ` BB 16 Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. A rare Gothic Revival geometric architect's desk, with a cupboard to one side and a bank of five drawers to the other side, with a sliding top opening to reveal compartments for storing drawing utensils. Height 30"/76cm , Length 36"/94cm. Circa 1870s. £POA More >>> BB 17 An important Davenport designed by Bruce Talbert and made by Gillows of Lancaster. This Davenport corresponds exactly to Talbert furniture designed for the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras made by Gillow. See Arts and Crafts Furniture by John Andrews Printed by The Antique Collectors Club ISBN 1-85149-483-9 page 37 for a comparable sideboard. Height 34 3/4", Width 24 3/4", Depth 24". Circa 1880. £POA. More >>> BB 18 A good quality early Gothic Revival Oak two drawer writing table designed by Bruce Talbert and made by Gillows Of Lancaster with red leather writing area and 8 differering carved florets to each side at each top corner of the square and ring turned legs united by a classic H stretcher on turned feet. Height 60", Width 41", Depth 13 1/2". Circa 1870's. £POA. More >>> BB 19 A rare Gothic Revival oak Partners desk attributed to Alfred Water House with large open writing area and a pair of drawers to each side and a turned gallery to each end and below the drawers with central opening for more leg room. The graduating turned legs united by conforming turned gallery to each end on original brass and ceramic castors. A well designed architectural desk for two people if required with lots of leg room and work area to accommodate. Circa 1880. Height 29.5”, Width 60”, Depth 47.5”. £POA. More >>> BB 21 Maple & Co. An Arts & Crafts oak bureau bookcase with green glass drop down writing area with twin cupboard below, and stylised copper hinges and escutcheon. Height 69" , Width 30" , Depth 14". £POA More >>> BB 22 see also MOD 35 A well designed 1930's oak desk with handy IN and OUT small shelve section to the right and an open leathered work area below with a bank of 4 drawers to the right with sculptured handles set back into a vertical groove and a brass foot rail below with Walnut detailing to the lower section. Circa 1930. £POA. More >>> BB 23 see also MOD 36 A pair of good quality 1930's oak bookcases retailed by Hamptons of Pallmall attributed to Heals and Son each with 3 shelves and cupboard doors with sculptured elongated handles, both stamped with design numbers into the backs. Circa 1930. £POA. More >>> BB 24 see also MOD 37 A 1930's oak filing cabinet with roll down segmented door opening to reveal 9 filing drawers, a very versatile and lockable little filing cabinet. Circa 1930. £POA. More >>> BB 25 George Montague Ellwood (1875-1955) for J.S. Henry, an oak writing desk with sloping pen compartment just above the writing area flanked by stylised inlaid details of a pair of Quills in ink pots the inlays of fruitwoods and copper, with fold out divided letter compartments to each upper side, a well designed extended writing area with a pair of drawers below with open bookcases to each side. The handles to the pen, letter compartments and to the drawers are after a design by C.F.A. Voysey, who also designed for J.S. Henry. 108cm high, 95cm wide, 54cm deep. £POA More >>> BB 26 An Arts and Crafts bow fronted kneehole twin pedestal desk with chequered inlay on turned legs with quality hand hammered brass handles, on original castors, attributed to Waring and Gillows. Height 32 1/2", Width 42 1/2", Depth 20 1/2". Circa 1900. £POA. More >>> BB 29 see also S&PB 10 An oak Arts and Crafts hall/side table or small desk by Shapland and Petter with central drawer flanked by decorative roundels. Height 29 1/2", Length 36", Depth 16 3/4". Circa 1900. £POA. More >>> BB 30 A good quality Arts and Crafts oak four drawer kneehole desk attributed to Wylie and Lochhead on with ringpull brass handles on square straight legs. Height 30" Width 41", Depth 29". Circa 1900. £POA. More >>> BBB 32 see also L&Co 10 A good quality Liberty and Co oak bureau by Leonard Wyburd with stylised strap hinges. Height 43 1/4", Width 48", Depth 18 3/4". Circa 1900. Circa 1895. £POA. More >>> BB 33 A good quality Arts and Crafts oak bureau bookcase with stylised floral cut-outs and inlaid with Ebony and Boxwood to the centre panel. Circa 1905. £POA More >>> BB 34 A number of two drawer oak desks with unusual lift up section for instant access to the drawer contents. By Marsh Jones and Cribb of Leeds. Height 30", Depth 21", Length 39". Circa 1890. £POA More >>> BB 35 An Arts and Crafts tall oak bureau bookcase with leaded glass doors to the top and a shelf below and a small fold down writing area with further adjustable bookshelves below giving very generous storage area for a narrow space. Approx Height 62", Width 26", Depth 12". Circa 1900. £POA. More >>> BB 36 A good Glasgow School bureau bookcase with pierced detail to the sweeping slatted top, a small fold down writing area with further cut-out to the bottom and a bank of four bookshelves to the right. Height 55", Width 31", Depth 9 1/2". Circa 1900. £POA More >>> BB 37 see also GW Ex 10c An Arts and Crafts bureau bookcase in the Glasgow Style by Harris Lebus design model 156 with display area to the top, subtly shaped cornice with 3 shaped supports to the centre and a bookshelf below with slatted sides. An open writing area with pigeon holes to the back and a central drawer below with 2 further bookshelves below and wonderful stylised floral cut-outs to the sides. Height 61", Width 37 1/2", Depth 16 1/2". C1900. £POA More >>> BB 38 A good quality single drawer hall table/writing desk attributed to Wylie and Lochhead with wonderful stylised handle to the drawer, square tapering legs united by lower shelf. Circa 1900. £POA More >>> BB 40 An Arts and Crafts oak bureau bookcase with beautiful stylised floral inlays and a very useful double bank of book storage to each side with an adjustable shelve to every space (shelves not shown). Height 65", Width 63 1/2", Depth 13". C1900. £POA The last image is taken outside on a very overcast day to show the pigeon hole interior) More >>> BB 41 An oak Arts and Crafts twin pedestal desk by Goodhall, Lambs and Heighway with open top writing area, a bank of drawers on each side and wonderful stylised copper handles, Square feet. Design number stamped to the underside. Height 30", Length 48", Depth 30". C1900. £POA The last image is taken outside on a very overcast day to show the pigeon hole interior) More >>> BB 42 A good quality robust Arts and Crafts oak two drawer desk with top quality stylised brass handles and shaped square tapering legs. Length 60", Width 36". Circa 1900. £POA More >>> BB 43 A good quality Gothic Revival oak knee hole partners desk of good proportions with twin cupboards to one side with stylised blind fret carved floral details to the door tops and twin panels below with ring pull handles the opposite side with 2 banks of 4 drawers with top quality swan neck handles, the ends with carved florets centralised in diamond carvings with finely carved fleur de lys to each corner, the whole on a plinth base. Height 30", Width 60", Depth 34". Circa 1885. £POA. More >>> BB 44 A good quality Glasgow style Arts and Crafts oak Bureau Bookcase by Harris Lebus with stylised ying yang cut-out to the top and glazed doors with ebonised details, fall front writing area with pigeon holes and it's original ink wells, open bookcase below and stylised cut-outs above the protruding feet. Height 71", Depth 13", Width 30 1/2". Circa 1900. £POA More >>> BB 46 An oak Arts and Crafts fall front desk with four bookshelves. Width at the top 36" Depth 9" Height 58". £POA I also have a matching bookcase in stock that will go with this perfectly and has the same measurements Width at the top 36" Depth 9" Height 58". Circa 1900. £POA More >>> BB 47 see also HandGR 15 A good quality Limed oak bureau bookcase possibly by Heals. Circa 1930. £POA More >>> BB 48 Small Oak Arts and Crafts Single Drawer desk. Depth 18", Width 30", Height 30". Circa 1900. £POA More >>> BB 49 see also L&Co 12 An oak Arts and Crafts fall front bureau bookcase with simple copper hinges and handle, pigeon hole interior and bookshelves below with a secret drawer to the bottom. Height 50", Width 28 1/2", Depth 9 3/4".Circa 1900. £POA More >>> BB 54 E.A.Taylor for Wylie and Lochhead. A pure Glasgow School oak desk with open writing area inset with green leather with tool worked edges, a central upper drawer with sweeping curves pierced with Taylors typical twin hearts to each corner, with a bank of four drawers to each side and simple good quality silver plated handles, further sweeping skirts all round the base, pierced with conforming twin hearts to the front, finished at the back so it will sit away from a wall if required. Measurements Height 30", Length 54", Depth 29 1/2". 1900. £SOLD More >>> BB 55 A rare well designed very good quality Arts & Crafts metamorphic knee hole quarter sawn oak architects or artist desk with a rising adjustable work area that has three different height positions. The three drawers to the right-hand side each have a removable tidy tray, with a pull out slide to the top for pens and a little extra work area. The spacious knee hole area has a foot rest which units to the left-hand side legs and side stretchers. I do have the missing handle. Height 29" , Width 22.5" , length 49", height when open 40". £SOLD More >>> BB 56 An Arts and Crafts revolving oak bookcase with stylised floral stain glass to small single upper cupboard. Height 30", Depth 20 1/2", Width 20 1/2". Circa 1900. £SOLD More >>> BB 57 see also GME 54 G.M Elwood. Maker J.S Henry. An Arts & Crafts oak desk inlaid with stylised floral panels, and copper drop handles. The upper cupboards sliding doors with leather writing area below, and bookcases to the extended sides. Square legs united by geometric stretcher. Height 36.5" , Width 53" , Depth 27". £SOLD More >>> BB 58 SOLD A Heals and Son oak Arts and Crafts Cotswold style two drawer desk on turned legs united by three stretchers. Height 29 1/2" Width 42”, Depth 24”. Circa 1925. £SOLD. More >>> BB 60 SOLD George Walton (1867-1933), an oak small fold-out desk, circa 1899, with a copper heart lockplate, twin hinged flaps, a hinged leather inset writing surface, a pen rest and inkwell, on square tapering supports with stretchers and casters, 78cm high, 61cm wide, 37cm deep (closed). See Moon, Karen 'George Walton: Designer and Architect' Oxford 1993. Originally designed for George Davidson's home Beechcroft and then Wern Fawr, see illus. no. 186, p. 140. £SOLD. More >>> BB 62 SOLD A Continental Secessionist oak and inlaid cylinder desk in the Glasgow style, with copper handles, cut-out roundels and ebony and mother of pearl stylised flowerheads, stamped on several drawers 'GLASGOW'. 124cm high, 125cm wide, 70cm deep. £SOLD. More >>> BB 63 SOLD A stunning Arts and Crafts oak bureau bookcase designed by G M Elwood and made by J S Henry with metalwork by Richard Rathbone and an inlaid Motto that reads :- 'The Pen Is Mighter Than The Sword'. Height 60", Width 36", Depth 18 1/2".Circa 1890's £SOLD. More >>> BB 65 see also GME 60 An Arts and Crafts oak Bureau by JS Henry with elongated brass handles (these handles are designed by CFA Voysey). The fold over front opening to reveal a leather writing area (this will need a new leather to a colour of your choice). With stylised cut-outs to sides. Width 32" Depth 17" Height 42". C1900. £SOLD More >>> Puritan Values Ltd, The Dome, St Edmunds Rd, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6BZ Tel: Tony 07966 371676 Credit Card Facilities and Interest Free Credit now available E-Mail:sales@puritanvalues.com