IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 97800 accession number: M.3-1955 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 November 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Fall-bront bureau. Oak carcase veneered with burr-walnut with herring-bone banding. The bureau has two small draw-out supports for the fall-front. It has two small drawers above two long, with five small drawers in the writing-well, and six pigeon-holes. A sliding flap serves a cavity beneath the well. The cabinet has a central sliding rest for a candlestick below three small drawers with the three shelves above, the drawers and shelves enclosed behind a door of plain bevelled glass. This has probably taken the place of mirror glass. The handles are not original. object type: Fall-front bureau supporting a cabinet with drawers and shelves enclosed behind a door of bevelled glass. The carcase is oak, veneered with burr-walnut, with herring-bone banding. title: bureau-cabinet NOTES ----- type: history note value: Miss Grace Clarke; Mrs Dendy Marshall LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Miss Grace Clarke Bequest, 1940 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/97800 CATEGORIES ------ category: furniture DATING ------ creation date: 1710 - 1710 creation date earliest: 1710 creation date latest: 1710 culture: 18th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 208.3