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Bureau Cabinet

ca. 1730-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A bureau-cabinet decorated with red and gold japanning imitating lacquer. The upper part has a broken pediment and mirror glass in the doors. The lower part has a fall-front and two small, three long drawers. The japanning in good original condition inside. The leather is replaced on the fall-front. The arches over the pigeon-holes in the interior look as though they have a different surface and might be replacements.

Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 9 parts.

  • Bureau Cabinet
  • Bureau Cabinet
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Key
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Red and gold japanned bureau cabinet, London, 1730-1760.
Physical description
A bureau-cabinet decorated with red and gold japanning imitating lacquer. The upper part has a broken pediment and mirror glass in the doors. The lower part has a fall-front and two small, three long drawers. The japanning in good original condition inside. The leather is replaced on the fall-front. The arches over the pigeon-holes in the interior look as though they have a different surface and might be replacements.
Gallery label
WRITING-CABINET ENGLISH; about 1730 Japanned in red and gold on a pine carcase.(pre October 2000)
Credit line
Given by Mr. F. H. Reed
Object history
From the collection of Mrs Percy MacQuoid, Yellow House, Palace court, sold Christie's 30th June 1925. Illustrated in the Connoissuer magazine June 1925.

Given to the V&A by Frederick Howard Reed, in 1953 (see Registered File 53/3610). Mr Reed, who lived at 3 Berkeley House, Hay Hill, Berkeley Square, London, was a considerable collector of English 18th-century furniture.
Bibliographic reference
Kopplin, Monika. European Lacquer. Selected Works from the Museum für Lakkunst, Münster. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2010. ISBN 9783777489308, p. 69, fig.5a,b
Collection
Accession number
W.69-1953

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Record createdFebruary 16, 2001
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