19th Century Burr Walnut Ladies Desk
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- Burr - Burr (or in the USA, burl) is the timber from the knotted roots or deformed branch of the tree, which when cut, displays the small circular knots in various gradations of colour. It is always cut into a decorative veneer, most commonly seen as burr walnut on 19th century furniture.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- desks, period or age - Victorian 409
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desks, style or type
- kidney shaped 23
- ladies 88
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