IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 118399 accession number: M.2-2005 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 22 December 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Finback chair. Elm (Ulmus procera), sculpted using handheld power machines, followed by spokeshaves, files, scrapers, and finally hand held abrasive papers on blocks. The finish is two coats of beeswax. The seat is one piece of wood. The back leg is laminated vertically, and is held to the fin-shaped back support by an internally longitudinally tapering slot dovetail housing. The two front legs profiled into a tricorn cross section using a spindle moulder and holding jigs.The principal joints are internally positioned stainless steel threaded bars, resined into the timber. A pair with M.1-2005 object type: Finback chair, elm, with one flat sloping back leg, and two tricorn front legs title: chair NOTES ----- type: history note value: Matthew Burt, Sherrington, from whom purchased with M.1-2005 by the donors LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Gift of Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the National Art Collections Fund STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118399 TECHNIQUES ---------- elm (Ulmus procera), sculpted using handheld power machines, followed by spokeshaves, files, scrapers, and finally hand held abrasive papers on blocks. The finish is two coats of beeswax. carving CATEGORIES ------ category: furniture DATING ------ creation date: 2004 - 2004 creation date earliest: 2004 creation date latest: 2004 culture: 21st Century, Early culture: Elizabeth II CREATORS -------- maker: Burt, Matthew maker: Boon, Ian DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 86.5 CITATIONS -------- The Goodison Gift of Contemporary British Crafts to The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge 2005 Review, The Annual Report of the National Art Collections Fund Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to The Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa33/M_2_2005_200806_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 681 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa33/mid_M_2_2005_200806_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 753 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa33/M_2_2005_200806_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 681 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa33/preview_M_2_2005_200806_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 376 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa34/large_M_1_2005_M_2_2005_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 779 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa34/mid_M_1_2005_M_2_2005_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 380 pixels width: 499 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa34/M_1_2005_M_2_2005_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 1025 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa34/preview_M_1_2005_M_2_2005_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 190 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa34/large_M_1_2005_M_2_2005_2_201506_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 746 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa34/mid_M_1_2005_M_2_2005_2_201506_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 364 pixels width: 499 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa34/M_1_2005_M_2_2005_2_201506_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 747 pixels width: 1025 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa34/preview_M_1_2005_M_2_2005_2_201506_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 182 pixels width: 250 pixels