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Drawing

20 January 1964 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pen and indian ink drawing; dated, inscribed and numbered. Technical drawing showing the spring mechanism by which the guard of a carving fork can be pushed to stand out from it, and returned to lie flat on the fork’s back.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and indian ink drawing on tracing paper
Brief description
By Robert Welch: Alveston carving fork
Physical description
Pen and indian ink drawing; dated, inscribed and numbered. Technical drawing showing the spring mechanism by which the guard of a carving fork can be pushed to stand out from it, and returned to lie flat on the fork’s back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.1cm
  • Width: 47.4cm
Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981.
Marks and inscriptions
(Dated 20 Jan 64. Inscribed drn: N.M. and with job and drawing description. Numbered RW 259/1/2)
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.60.
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1965
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.655-1965

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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