Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 70623

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Pterocarpus dalbergioides Entry Book Number 16.1951
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Wood Geography Description India
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor V & A Indian Section Donor No
Donor Date 27/09/1951 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: C.Lazarus & Co Calcutta Set of 281 Indian timbers. Originally on loan to the V & A by the Royal Family and are now transferred to Kew by their request (ref letters D.5697 and D.6308 for details)x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AA scanned image of the wood was included i, n the appendix of: Adam Bowett (2012) Woods in British Furniture-Making, 1400-1900: An Illustrated Historical Dictionary. Kew, Eng.: Oblong Creative Ltd. in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2012. xxxiii + 360 pp x0Dx0AIn 2009 Campbell Norman-Smith, of Buckinghamshire New University sanded and cleaned the reverse side of the sample (the side to be scanned), then coated the right hand side of this surface with 2 coats of superfine white shellac and isopropynol alcohol whilst the left hand side was le, ft unvarnished. x0Dx0A

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