About the Artwork
Leaf of a Writing Tablet
between 1350 and 1400
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French
French
Ivory
Overall: 4 1/8 × 2 1/4 × 1/8 inches (10.5 × 5.7 × 0.3 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Robert H. Tannahill
43.458
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Collection of Achillito Chiesa (Milan, Italy and New York, New York, USA)
April 16-17, 1926, sold by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) Chiesa sale, part III, lot 323
(Joseph Brummer, New York, New York, USA)
November 24, 1926, purchased by Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The Collection of Achillito Chiesa Collection, Part III. XV-XVI Century Majolicas, Gothic Ivories; Early French and Italian Enamels, Renaissance Velvets, Brocades and Laces; Italian XV-XVI Century Furniture. Exh. cat., American Art Galleries. New York, 1926, no. 324 (ill.).
Randall, Jr., R.H. The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections. New York, 1993, no. 153, pp. 108-109.
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French, Leaf of a Writing Tablet, between 1350 and 1400, ivory. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 43.458.
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