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Writing Table (bureau plat)
Charles Cressentc. 1740/1745
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Writing Table (bureau plat)
- Creator: Charles Cressent
- Date Created: c. 1740/1745
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 83.8 x 194.2 x 89.8 cm (33 x 76 7/16 x 35 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Mme. Marion de Bressellogue, Chateau Longue, near Toulouse. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 19 December 1907 by Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] 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. [1] Provenance from Widener collection records, in NGA curatorial files.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: veneered on oak and pine with kingwood, tulipwood, purplewood, boxwood, and ebony; gilded bronze mounts
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