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Writing cabinet (© The Ashbee family/Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum/Bridgeman Art Library/Photo: Woodley & Quick)
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© The Ashbee family/Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum/Bridgeman Art Library/Photo: Woodley & Quick

Writing cabinet

Artist: Charles Robert Ashbee (1863 - 1942), made by Guild of Handicraft

Location: Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum

Date: 1898 - 1899

Materials: mahogany & white holly

Dimensions: 136 x 103 x 68.5cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £12,500 (Total: £50,000)

Vendor: Fischer Fine Art

Review number: 3108 (1985)

Provenance:
Bought Vienna Secession Exhibition 1902; Private collection, Vienna 1902-83; bought Fischer Fine Art, London 1983.

Description:
Writing cabinet. Mahogany with inlay, strap iron hinges and pierced iron handles.

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