About the Artwork
Secrétaire à Abattant
between 1820 and 1825
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American
American
Mahogany, maple, and brass
Overall: 67 1/4 × 36 1/2 × 21 1/4 inches (170.8 × 92.7 × 54 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Eleanor and Edsel Ford Exhibition and Aquisition Fund
2000.42
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
1985-1986, Hirschl & Adler
1986-1999, Private Collection
1999-2000, Hirschl & Adler
2000-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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American, Secrétaire à Abattant, between 1820 and 1825, mahogany, maple, and brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Eleanor and Edsel Ford Exhibition and Aquisition Fund, 2000.42.
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