Dressing Table
ca. 1919 (made)
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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
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| Parts | This object consists of 17 parts.
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| 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. |
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| 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
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.242:1 to 17-1963 |
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| Record created | September 25, 2000 |
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