Bureau Cabinet
ca. 1730-50 (made)
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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
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| Parts | This object consists of 9 parts.
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| 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 |
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| Accession number | W.69-1953 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2001 |
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