Record details

• generalData.title

  Writing desk

• generalData.creationDate

  Bolivia, siglo XVII

• technicalData.measurements

  24,5 x 37 x 27 cm

• technicalData.description

  Cedar, marquetry of woods

• technicalData.complementaryDescription

  Small bureau with lid and front cover on iron hinges whose arms extend over the surfaces of the lid, front cover and back and end in eight-petalled flowers. Decorating the front cover is a splendid circular lock with openwork flowers around the outside and a thin string of pearls inside. The item stands on small feet in the form of flat disks. The front cover opens to reveal a series of compartments consisting of five drawers and a central ‘chapel’. The two upper drawers are false. There is one large drawer at the bottom and two in the middle row flanking the almost square central compartment, which differs from the rest and stands out for its chequerboard background behind an arch and two small turned columns painted black. When open, the lid allows access to a space in which there are three estojos or receptacles set against the sides with lids to close them.