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(Production)
Corner display cabinet of lacquered wood, painted with gilt chinoiseres on black ground and lined with contemporary Chinese wallpaper; the stands with cabriole legs. One of a pair with M.6A-1961
Depth: 59.0 cm
Height: 144.5 cm
Width: 106.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1960)
by
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
17th Century
Circa
1680
-
Circa
1720
Probably made in China for the European market.
Carcase composed of wood Decoration composed of lacquer gold Lining composed of wallpaper Exterior
Accession number: M.6B-1961
Primary reference Number: 77330
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Corner cabinet"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77330 Accessed: 2022-05-19 13:10:23
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