Roll-top Desk (Bureau à cylindre)

Jean Henri Riesenerc. 1775/1785

Details

Title: Roll-top Desk (Bureau à cylindre)
Creator: Jean-Henri Riesener
Date Created: c. 1775/1785
Physical Dimensions: overall: 121.3 x 128.2 x 78.2 cm (47 3/4 x 50 1/2 x 30 13/16 in.) overall (depth of table top): 34.8 cm (13 11/16 in.) overall (height to table top): 76.2 cm (30 in.)
Provenance: Dr. Arthur Maude, Westerham, Kent. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York); sold 9 December 1915 to Peter A.B. Widener; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
Rights: CC0
Medium: veneered on oak principally with tulipwood and purplewood, with ebony (or wood stained to resemble ebony) and boxwood for stringing; gilded bronze mounts

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