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Writing Table (table à écrire)

Jean Henri Riesenerc. 1780

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

  • Title: Writing Table (table à écrire)
  • Creator: Jean-Henri Riesener
  • Date Created: c. 1780
  • Physical Dimensions: overall: 78.9 x 81.9 x 49.5 cm (31 1/16 x 32 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
  • Provenance: Lady Du Cane [probably Florence Victoria Du Cane]. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York); sold 24 February 1910 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 with mahogany, sycamore, purplewood, boxwood, ebony, and holly; gilded bronze mounts
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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