Portable Writing Desk
ca. 1867 (made)
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Portable writing desk
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 6 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Carved ebony exterior, with inner slope and bottom made from ebonised rosewood |
| Brief description | Portable writing desk, ebony, c.1867, Coompta. |
| Physical description | Portable writing desk |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Room 8. Wall Case 30.] '01,176. WRITING DESK. Carved ebony; Bijnore, Bengal. 6,692' |
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| Bibliographic reference | Jaffer, A. Furniture from British India and Ceylon: a catalogue of the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2001. ISBN 1 85177 318 5.p.155-6, fig 18. |
| Other number | 6692 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 01176:1 to 6/(IS) |
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| Record created | November 29, 2002 |
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