Cabinet: M.22-1972

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Designer: Talbert, Bruce James (Probably)

Entities

Cabinet

Categories

Furniture

Description

Pine cabinet with carved and inlaid decoration, and scrolled wrought iron mounts.

Notes

History note: Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read; Thomas Stainton, executor of the Handley-Read estate

Legal notes

Purchased with the Perceval Fund, and a contribution from the Victoria and Albert Museum Grant-in-Aid Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 228.6 cm
Width: 127.0 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1972-10-19) by Stainton, Thomas

Dating

Late 19th Century
Victoria I
Production date: circa AD 1870

School or Style

Gothic Revival
Victorian

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Mounts composed of iron
Carcase composed of pine
Lower Part Depth 68.8 cm

Techniques used in production

References and bibliographic entries

Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Art , The Handley-Read Collection page(s): 61
Gothic Forms Applied to Furniture, The Early Work of Bruce James Talbert page(s): 39-60

Related exhibitions

Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Art, the Handley-Read Collection

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.22-1972
Primary reference Number: 98141
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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