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Shelves for books are fitted inside the upper and lower cupboards of this example. Below the upper doors, there is a false drawer, which drops down, supported on brass quadrants, to form a writing surface. The interior is fitted with small drawers and pigeonholes.<br><br><b>People</b><br>George Oakley was a very fashionable cabinetmaker with a shop at 8 Old Bond Street, London. The bureau bookcase is very similar in design to other pieces of furniture that were made by his firm, Oakley & Evans. In 1801, the London correspondent of <i>Journal der Luxus und der Moden</i>, a German magazine, wrote that 'all people with taste buy their furniture at Oakeleys [sic], the most tasteful of the London cabinetmakers'.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>By 1810, when this bureau bookcase was made, combinations of different styles and contrasting materials had become fashionable. The mounts are Egyptian figures while the glazing bars in the doors are Gothic. 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