About the Artwork
Work Table
c. 1775
Charles Topino
1745-1789
French
Unknown
Oak and fir carcase with marquetry and lacquered bronze mounts
Height x diameter: 30 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (77.8 x 31.75 cm)
Furniture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband
71.205
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Stamped on the underside of the drawer-case at left: C. TOPINO, accompanied by JME guild mark. Nailed to the underside of the case at right is an oval brass plaque engraved with the Rose Terrace inventory number: 136.
Provenance
E. Couvert [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. 6,
pp. 52-53, color repr. p. 53 (entry by T. Dell)
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Charles Topino, Work Table, c. 1775, Oak and fir carcase with marquetry and lacquered bronze mounts. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband, 71.205.
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