Writing Table
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Tulipwood, casuarina wood
DATES
ca. 1765
DIMENSIONS
29 3/4 x 21 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (75.6 x 54 x 40 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
68.202.10
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Estate of Mary Hayward Weir
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Writing table (table a ecrire); tulipwood, casuarina wood, holly and various other woods inlaid on pine and oak. Louis XV style. Oval top with three-quarter pierced brass gallery; surface inlaid in trellis pattern enclosing stylized flowers. Panels between legs, on skirt, similarly inlaid; front panel fronts drawer with leather lined slide for writing; also fitted with compartments for pounce and ink pots. Four cabriole legs with bronze dore mounts above knees and on feet. Kidney-shaped shelf inlaid as top, with brass edging, fitted between legs slightly over half way down.
CONDITION - Excellent. Top appears to have been rather badly warped and split, re-done and neatly repaired (evidenced by butterfly dovetails of fresher wood on underside of top.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Writing Table, ca. 1765. Tulipwood, casuarina wood, 29 3/4 x 21 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (75.6 x 54 x 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Mary Hayward Weir, 68.202.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 68.202.10_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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