Art Funded
Armorial Travelling Desk
© V&A Picture Library
German
V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)
1683
The desk is made up of a pine carcase and oak drawers, veneered with Indian rosewood, coralwood and ebony, and inlaid in engraved ivory, boar's tusk and bone. It is embellished with the Saxe-Meiningen coat of arms.
- Medium: rosewood, ebony, fruitwood, boar's tusk, bone
- Dimensions: 66 x 104 x 84 cm
- Art Fund Grant: £34247 ( Total: £102,740; Export stopped)
- ArtFunded in: 2001
- Vendor: Giles Ellwood
Provenance
Presented to the Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen (1649-1706) as a wedding gift, Elisabethanburg, Meiningen; Guthe Family (from Leipzig) who settled in England, 1875; Giles Ellwood.
Add your comments about this artwork Hide this form