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Description: | Veneered in tulipwood on oak; mounted with Sevres porcelain and gilt bronze. One plaque carries the Sevres date letter and the decorator's mark of Antoine-Toussaint Cornaille (working 1755-1800). This is the earliest of eleven writing tables made to the same design between 1765 and 1774 by Martin Carlin. Height: 80.5 cm Accepted in lieu of Capital Transfer Tax by H.M. Treasury, and allocated to the Museum in 1985. | License: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/terms/ | Rights holder: | The Bowes Museum | Subjects: | 722 | Source: | Bowes-OAI | Identifier: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/collect... | Go to resource |
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