Bureau made by Thomas Day

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A bureau made by Thomas Day. The bureau has a lower case, an upper case (2017.25a), mirror supports, and a mirror (2017.25b). The upper case has two drawers with metal key holes and wood drawer pulls. The lower case has four drawers. Each drawer has a metal key hole at center. The bottom three drawers have wood drawer pulls. The top drawer of the lower case projects out over the three bottom drawers and is faced with reverse ogee molding. The bureau is of mortice and tenon construction. There are multiple scribe marks throughout the interior of the bureau showing that the mortices and tenons were likely cut by hand. Most of the lower case is constructed of southern yellow pine. The floating side panels are re-sawn mahogany boards that retain the sash saw marks. The front stiles and wide floating panel of the rear are tulip poplar.

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