About the Artwork
Combination Writing Table and Work Table
c. 1770
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French
French
Fir, oak, and poplar carcase, veneered with amaranth, bois ¦satine¦ ¦rubanne¦, holly, and sycamore maple, ivory, leather writing surface, gilt-bronze mounts
28 1/2 x 18 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (72.4 x 46.7 x 35.9 cm)
Furniture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband
71.199
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
A small paper label affixed to the bottom of the middle drawer is inscribed in ink: C 5719 (probably an inventory number, perhaps of Duveen Brothers).
Provenance
Madame de Fournières, Paris
Duveen Brothers [dealer], New York
acquired by Anna Thomson Dodge, through Duveen, 1932
Anna Thomson Dodge, Grosse Pointe, MI
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[Duveen Brothers]. A Catalogue of Works of Art in the Collection of Anna Thomson Dodge. Detroit, 1933, n.p.
[Duveen Brothers]. A Catalogue of Works of Art of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection of Anna Thomson Dodge. Detroit, 1939, vol. 1, n.p.
Winokur, Ronald L., "The Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Dodge Memorial Collection," Bulletin of the DIA, vol. 50, no. 3, 1971, pp. 43-51
Dell, T. et al, THE DODGE COLLECTION OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH AND ENGLISH ART AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, New York & Detroit, 1996, no. 4,
pp. 48-50, color repr. p. 49 (entry by T. Dell)
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French, Combination Writing Table and Work Table, c. 1770, Fir, oak, and poplar carcase, veneered with amaranth, bois ¦satine¦ ¦rubanne¦, holly, and sycamore maple, ivory, leather writing surface, gilt-bronze mounts. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband, 71.199.
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