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Production: Unknown
Mahogany kneehole desk with serpentine front, applied carving on the canted corners, leather inset top and ormolu mounts on the drawers. Kneehole and recessed cabinet framed with arch and fluted pilasters. Three of the drawers are frieze, while the recessed cupboard is flanked by six concave pedestal drawers
Bequeathed by Louis C. G. Clarke, 1960.
Depth: 72.5 cm
Height: 82.5 cm
Width: 142.4 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
Mid 18th Century
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1750
Top composed of leather
Accession number: M.12-1961
Primary reference Number: 95851
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Kneehole desk" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95851 Accessed: 2023-06-04 16:42:57
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Accession Number: M.3-2016
Accession Number: M.20-1970
Accession Number: M.3-1993
Accession Number: M.99 & A-1930
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