IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 98194 accession number: M.3-1948 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 6 October 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Mahogany chest of bombé shape at the front and sides, the lid with carved gadrooned border. A contemporary ormolu handle at each side of fluted and splayed design with leaf motif at centre. Originally embellished with pierced ormolu mounts on the upper and lower front corners, and with a large pierced lockplate. These are now missing, and the present cast lockplate is not original. Inside the lid, a modern brass strengthening band and large brass bolts. The stand is set on four bracket feet carved with gadroons, rococo scrolls and leaves, the lower moulding also carved with a foliate motif. It contains two drawers decorated with blind fretwork, each with two ormolu rococo handles and backplates object type: Mahogany chest of bombé shape with lid, two drawers, four bracket feet, brass handles and brass mounts. title: chest NOTES ----- type: history note value: Unknown before donor, S. Harris LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by S. Harris in memory of his brother, George Harris STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/98194 TECHNIQUES ---------- moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- fluting TECHNIQUES ---------- carving CATEGORIES ------ category: furniture DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1760 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1760 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 82.6 dimension: Height units: cm value: 106.7 dimension: Width units: cm value: 149.9 CITATIONS -------- A Short Dictionary of Furniture Dictionary of English Furniture A Social History of Furniture Design from B.C. 1300 to A.D. 1960 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/large_M_3_1948_1_dc2.jpg height: 903 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/mid_M_3_1948_1_dc2.jpg height: 441 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/M_3_1948_1_dc2.jpg height: 904 pixels width: 1025 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/preview_M_3_1948_1_dc2.jpg height: 220 pixels width: 249 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/M_3_1948_2_dc2.jpg height: 832 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/mid_M_3_1948_2_dc2.jpg height: 406 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/M_3_1948_2_dc2.jpg height: 832 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/preview_M_3_1948_2_dc2.jpg height: 203 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/832/large_M_3_1948_1_mas.jpg height: 903 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/832/mid_M_3_1948_1_mas.jpg height: 441 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.3-1948_1_mas.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/832/preview_M_3_1948_1_mas.jpg height: 220 pixels width: 249 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/832/M_3_1948_1_mas.ptif height: 1365 pixels width: 1548 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/833/large_M_3_1948_2_mas.jpg height: 832 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/833/mid_M_3_1948_2_mas.jpg height: 406 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.3-1948_2_mas.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/833/preview_M_3_1948_2_mas.jpg height: 203 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/833/M_3_1948_2_mas.ptif height: 1323 pixels width: 1629 pixels