<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">bureau-bookcases</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>desks and bookcases</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>bookcases, bureau</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bureau bookcases</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bureau-bookcase</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>desks, secretary</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>secretary desks</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to English and European desks with a steeply sloping lid (usually a 45-degree angle) surmounted by a bookcase. For similar American examples use "desks and bookcases." The furniture type developed from the bureau. In the early 18th century one form of bureau comrpised drawers below a sloping writing flap, resting on cabriole legs. Many bureaus of this period and earlier were surmounted by a bookcase, often enclosed by glazed or unglazed doors. Dutch furniture makers developed the form, creating the "bureau-bookcase," which was often fitted with an ingenious combination of drawers and compartments. It became very popular, and spread to other parts of Europe.  ]]></note></mads>