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Design for a marquetry and lacquer cabinet

Furniture Design
c.1913 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a marquetry and lacquer cupboard, decorated with giraffe designs. On the back are rough sketches of the cupboard in side view and perspective. Inscribed with a calculation in fraction.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for a marquetry and lacquer cabinet (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, chalk, gouache and collage on tracing paper
Brief description
Design for a marquetry and lacquer cabinet with giraffe designs, by Roger Fry for Omega Workshops, pencil, chalk, gouache and collage on tracing paper, ca. 1913
Physical description
Design for a marquetry and lacquer cupboard, decorated with giraffe designs. On the back are rough sketches of the cupboard in side view and perspective. Inscribed with a calculation in fraction.
Dimensions
  • Height: 375mm
  • Width: 215mm
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with a calculation in fraction)
Credit line
Given by Miss Margery Fry, J.P.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.733-1955

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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