Davenport
Category
Furniture
Date
1830 - 1840
Materials
Honduras mahogany, Cuban mahogany, English walnut, maple, kingwood, Gabon ebony, cedar, boxwood, holly, brass
Measurements
818 x 660 x 640 mm
Order this imageCollection
Hill Top, Cumbria
NT 641711
Summary
Walnut davenport, c. 1830/40; pierced brass gallery at top, desk lid lifts to reveal three letter compartments; four drawers opening in right end, with turned wood knobs, four identical dummies at left end; below desk, supports in form of heavy scrolled foliage with ebony buttons, on round pad feet concealing casters.
Exhibition history
The Peter Rabbit Exhibition, Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Beatrix Potter's Birth , Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 2016 - 2017 The Peter Rabbit Exhibition, Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Beatrix Potter's Birth , TFU Sendai Gallery, Japan, 2016 - 2017 The Peter Rabbit Exhibition, Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Beatrix Potter's Birth , Grand Front Osaka, 2016 - 2017 The Peter Rabbit Exhibition, Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Beatrix Potter's Birth , Hiroshima Museum of Art, 2016 - 2017 The Peter Rabbit Exhibition, Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Beatrix Potter's Birth , SOGO Museum of Art, Yokohama, 2016 - 2017 The Peter Rabbit Exhibition, Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Beatrix Potter's Birth , Nagoya City Museum, Japan, 2016 - 2017 The Peter Rabbit Exhibition, Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Beatrix Potter's Birth , Bunkamura Museum, Tokyo, 2016 - 2017