Desk in a Drawer

摘要

Of all the desks the Shakers built, perhaps the rarest is the butler's desk, a bureau whose top drawer is actually a fall front that pulls out and opens to reveal a gallery with smaller drawers. The idea of discreetly fitting a writing desk into a chest of drawers did not originate with the Shakers-butler's desks have been made in many styles over the years, notably in campaign furniture and for shipboard use-and the desk drawer I'm making here could be fitted to a traditionally built bureau of virtually any design.