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Bureau Mazarin

1685-1695 (made), 1800-1900 (remodelled)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
France (made)

Bureau mazarin, with a rectangular top inlaid with flowers and scrolls, nine drawers, and eight legs


Object details

Categories
Furniture
Woodwork
Object type
Bureau mazarin
Parts
This object consists of 11 parts.

  • Bureau Mazarin
  • Key
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
Materials and techniques
Wood
Inlay
Brief description
Bureau mazarin, French, made 1685-1695, remodelled 1800-1900
Physical description
Bureau mazarin, with a rectangular top inlaid with flowers and scrolls, nine drawers, and eight legs
Dimensions
  • Width: 132cm (Note: Measurement taken from department files)
Bibliographic references
  • Mentmore, volume I. Catalogue of French and Continental Furniture, Tapestries and Clocks, sold on behalf of the Executors of the 6th Earl of Rosebery and his family. Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 18-20 May 1977 at Mentmore, Buckinghamshire. Lot 403.
  • Mentmore. Edinburgh: R. and R. Clark, privately printed, 1884, vol. II, p. 152.
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.34:1-1977

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O299301/bureau-mazarin-unknown/
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