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FURNITURE
Plate III.
1. CARVED OAK SIDEBOARD. English,
17th century. Victoria and Albert Museum.
2. CARVED OAK COURT CUPBOARD. English, early 17th
century. Victoria and Albert Museum.
3. EBONY CARVED CABINET. The interior decorated with inlaid ivory and coloured woods; French or Dutch, middle of 17th century. Victoria and Albert Museum. 4. VENEERED CHEST OF DRAWERS. About 1690. Lent to Bethnal Green Exhibition by Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane, G.C.B.
5. EBONY ARMOIRE. With tortoise-shell panels inlaid with brass and other metals, and ormolu mountings. Designed by Bérain, and executed by André Boulle. French, Louis XIV. period.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
6. GLASS-FRONTED BOOKCASE AND CABINET.
Of mahogany. In the style of Sheraton, about 1790. Lent to the Bethnal Green Exhibition by the late Vincent J. Robinson, C.I.E.