© Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
A Painted Cabinet
Artist: William Burges (1827-1881)
Location: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
Date: 1875
Materials: wood
Dimensions: 188 x 120 x 71 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £34,000)
Vendor: Dan Klein
Review number: 2979 (1983)
Provenance:
William Burges, until recently in a collection in New York.
Description:
Designed for Burges's own use. Medieval in form and painted, probably by Frederick Weeks, with Adam's reclothing after his explusion from Eden and with a frieze of man's toilet accessories such as hairbrush, shaving-brush etc. The stand has been added later.
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