About the Artwork
Work Table
c. 1775
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French
French
Oak, fir, and poplar carcase, with marquetry and gilt-bronze mounts
Height x diameter: 28 x 13 5/8 in. (71.12 x 34.6 cm)
Furniture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband
71.206
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Nailed to the underside of the carcass is an oval brass plaque engraved with the Rose Terrace inventory number: 137.
Provenance
Pierre Minet [dealer], Paris
acquired by Anna Thomson Dodge, through L. Alavoine [dealer], New York, 1932
Anna Thomson Dodge, Grosse Pointe, MI
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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. 7,
pp. 54-55, color repr. p. 54 (entry by T. Dell)
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French, Work Table, c. 1775, Oak, fir, and poplar carcase, with marquetry and gilt-bronze mounts. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband, 71.206.
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