Combination Writing Table and Work Table

French

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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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Published References

[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.

Combination Writing Table and Work Table
Combination Writing Table and Work Table