A bureau cabinet, described in the 18th century as a desk and bookcase, with sloping fall front above two long and two short drawers, the upper section showing a single, mirrored cupboard door between classical pilasters, below a scrolling, broken cornice, partly of giltwood. The cabinet is veneered in burr walnut, with panels of scrolling marquetry in lighter wood below and above the mirrored door. The inside of the two upper sections are fitted for writing and filing, the fall front set with a baize writing surface. The interior of the door is veneered with one panel, between pilasters, the base of these inlaid with the inscription of the maker, Samuel Bennett