Dubois, Jacques
(Production)
Slant-front writing desk with shaped back and sides, cabriole legs and ormolu mounts, the pine and oak carcase veneered with rosewood and kingwood and inlaid with foliate marquetry.
Stamped twice 'I Dubois' on the underside of the apron at the back.
Given by Lady Bonham-Carter
Depth: 44.5 cm
Height: 88.6 cm
Width: 78.5 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: Given
(1968)
by
Bonham-Carter, Joanna Hilary
Mid 18th Century
Louis XV
Production date:
circa
AD 1750
Veneer composed of kingwood rosewood Carcase composed of oak pine
Accession number: M.1-1968
Primary reference Number: 95872
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Writing desk"
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