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Bureau Plat
Jean Henri Riesener1777
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
This desk was ordered by Marie-Antoinette for her husband, King Louis XVI. Made by her preferred cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener in 1777, it was sold during the French Revolution and remained in private hands until purchased by J. Paul Getty in 1971. Since 2001, the desk has been on long-term loan to Versailles, where it is displayed in the room for which it was made in the Petit Trianon, a mansion that served as a private retreat for the royal family on the grounds of Versailles.
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Details
- Title: Bureau Plat
- Creator: Jean-Henri Riesener
- Date Created: 1777
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Physical Dimensions: 74.9 × 135.9 × 70.8 cm (29 1/2 × 53 1/2 × 27 7/8 in.)
- Type: Furniture
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Oak and fir veneered with bloodwood, amaranth and stained maple; gilt-bronze mounts; modern leather top
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 71.DA.102
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Jean-Henri Riesener (French, 1734 - 1806, master 1768, fournisseur du garde-meuble royal 1774 - 1784)
- Classification: Decorative Art (Art Genre)
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