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This object consists of 17 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Dressing Table

ca. 1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dressing table made of holly inlaid with decorative veneers of ebony, purpleheart and sycamore. The left and right sides of the dressing table are each units with four drawers one above the other, raised on four legs. Between the two drawer units, and joining them, is a veneered surface sitting above one drawer arranged horizontally. An Omega symbol has been incorporated in the marquetry on the table centre top. Two additional units with two drawers sit on each side of the table top, around a three-leaf mirror. The carcase is made of mahogany and the front of drawers of American whitewood and oak. The surface of the dressing table and drawers is veneered with purpleheart (dark red/brown colour), ebony (black colour), and sycamore (yellow/brown colour). The legs and the mirror frame are veneered with sycamore.

Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 17 parts.

  • Dressing Table
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer Unit
  • Drawer Unit
  • Mirror
Materials and techniques
Holly inlaid with decorative veneers of ebony, purpleheart and sycamore
Brief description
Wooden dressing table with three-leaf mirror, made by M. Kallenbor Ltd. for the Omega Workshops. English, c. 1919
Physical description
Dressing table made of holly inlaid with decorative veneers of ebony, purpleheart and sycamore. The left and right sides of the dressing table are each units with four drawers one above the other, raised on four legs. Between the two drawer units, and joining them, is a veneered surface sitting above one drawer arranged horizontally. An Omega symbol has been incorporated in the marquetry on the table centre top. Two additional units with two drawers sit on each side of the table top, around a three-leaf mirror. The carcase is made of mahogany and the front of drawers of American whitewood and oak. The surface of the dressing table and drawers is veneered with purpleheart (dark red/brown colour), ebony (black colour), and sycamore (yellow/brown colour). The legs and the mirror frame are veneered with sycamore.
Dimensions
  • Height: 133.7cm
  • Height: 73.2cm (dressing table)
  • Depth: 50cm (dressing table) (Note: Also max depth)
  • Width: 154cm (dressing table) (Note: also max width)
  • Height: 60.5cm (mirror unit)
  • Width: 106.6cm (mirror unit)
  • Depth: 3.7cm (mirror unit)
  • Weight: 77kg
Marks and inscriptions
Omega (Mark in marquetry in centre of top.)
Object history
Bought at Omega Workshops by Mr. & Mrs. G.R. Mitchison in 1920. Mr Mitchison was a QC and MP.
Purchased from Mr & Mrs G.R. Mitchison in 1963 for £75.

This was recorded at the Bethnal Green Museum in 1968

Object sampling carried out by Jo Darrah, V&A Science; drawer/slide reference 6/21.
Bibliographic reference
Green, Christopher (ed.), Art made Modern: Roger Fry's Vision of Art, London : Courtauld Institute of Art, 1999 106
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.242:1 to 17-1963

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Record createdSeptember 25, 2000
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