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Fruit basket
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Fruit basket
- Place of origin:
England (made)
- Date:
about 1953 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Heal & Son Ltd (retailers)
- Materials and Techniques:
Mahogany, bent cane
- Credit Line:
Given by Margaret Thomas
- Museum number:
W.58-1977
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Fruit bowl, the flat mahogany back is shaped almost like an inverted trapezoid, from which thrusts forward a boomerang-shaped mahogany piece. They are joined, forming the bowl, by lengths of bent cane. The bowl stands on three wooden legs with ball feet.
Place of Origin
England (made)
Date
about 1953 (made)
Artist/maker
Heal & Son Ltd (retailers)
Materials and Techniques
Mahogany, bent cane
Object history note
Given to the V&A in 1977 by Mrs Margaret Thomas [77/885].
Materials
Mahogany; Cane
Techniques
Bending
Categories
Woodwork; Household objects; Eating
Production Type
Mass produced
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection