Armorial Travelling Desk
Artist: German
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1683
Materials: rosewood, ebony, fruitwood, boar's tusk, bone
Dimensions: 66 x 104 x 84 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £34,247 (Total: £102,740)
Vendor: Giles Ellwood
Review number: 5013 (2001)
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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.
Description:
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.
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