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Design

1993 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Obverse: page of designs for a cabinet of drawers. Reverse: page of abstract sketches in ball-point pen.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil and ball-point pen on paper
Brief description
Design by Rod Wales and Alison Wales (Wales and Wales), for a cabinet of drawers, in a sketchbook containing furniture designs, pencil and ball-point pen on paper, Sussex, 1993
Physical description
Obverse: page of designs for a cabinet of drawers. Reverse: page of abstract sketches in ball-point pen.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Width: 29.6cm
Credit line
Given by Rod and Alison Wales
Production
This is a design for a cabinet of drawers that was made specifically to be shown at the Spectrum design show at the RCA in 1993 and is now in the V&A's Collection (W.8:1-11-1993). The design was influenced by long jade cylinders seen in the Tsui Gallery at the V&A (A.40-1936).
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Collection
Accession number
E.261-1998

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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