Bureau Cabinet
1700-1720 (made)
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Bureau cabinet veneered in walnut, upper part with double mirror glass doors, the lower part with sloped front above 5 rows of 3 drawers, the central drawers wider than those on the outside edges.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 50 parts.
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| Brief description | Bureau cabinet, 1700-1720, English, walnut veneer with mirror glass doors |
| Physical description | Bureau cabinet veneered in walnut, upper part with double mirror glass doors, the lower part with sloped front above 5 rows of 3 drawers, the central drawers wider than those on the outside edges. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | VIRTUTE ET LABORE [over a coat of arms] Note engraved on brass keyhole cover on sloping front Translation by courage and labour |
| Credit line | Bequest of Miss Joyce Martin |
| Object history | Notes from R.P. 59/2924 Burr walnut veneer bureau cabinet c.1720 with mirror doors, bequest of Miss Joyce Martin, St Swithins, 16 Manor Road, Sutton, Surrey 15/9/59 minute to Mr Molesworth "Miss Joyce Martin showed me a family pedigree including particulars of her great-grandfather, John Martin (b.1791, d.1855), Librarian to the Duke of Northumberland and to the Duke of Bedford; Edward Bailey of Mount Street, Upholsterer; George Martin, glazier (b.1734, d.1804); and to tradesmen and others of the Nevison Bowerman Dupple Walley Bosworth and Basillio families. "In the circumstances…… which Miss Martin described to me, it appears more likely that this piece of furniture is of family origin than a donation from the Dukes of Northumberland and Bedford". Note The writer does not explain what are the circumstances which lead him to his conclusion re. provenance. |
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| Accession number | W.73:1-1979 |
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| Record created | April 2, 2008 |
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