Production: Unknown
Demi-lune satinwood commode, with brass handles. Bow fronted. The top and panels are cross banded with tulipwood, with mahogany and box-wood round the upper edge, and round the spade feet of the four short, tapering, legs. The centre panel has three dummy drawers, and six drop ring handles with their plates opens as a cupboard door. The two panels on either side of the three drawers represent two dummy cupboards. There is one shelf in the interior, and the inside of the cupboard door is veneered in mahogany
C. E. Byas Bequest
Depth: 47 cm
Height: 85.4 cm
Width: 95.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Byas, Cecil E.
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1780
Carcase
composed of
satinwood
Veneer
composed of
tulipwood
Handles
composed of
brass (alloy)
Accession number: M/F.14-1938
Primary reference Number: 95945
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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