Writing Table

ca. between 1755 and 1760

Jean-François Oeben or associate German, active 1721-1763

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Fashionable Living, Level 3, South Wing

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Title Writing Table

Artwork Date ca. between 1755 and 1760

Artist Jean-François Oeben or associate

Life Dates active 1721-1763

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. German

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Tulipwood, amaranth, and holly on oak carcass with gilt-bronze mounts, leather

Dimensions Overall: 31 1/4 × 62 1/4 × 30 1/4 inches (79.4 × 158.1 × 76.8 cm)

Classification Furniture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 71.208

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed, on the back of each of the military trophies, probably incised into the models from which the mounts were cast: 7 [behind the tassels on both front trophies] 2 [behind the left banner on the rear trophies] Inscribed, on a fragment of a round label: 551/.... Inscribed, on the side of the upper left drawer, on a blue-bordered label: Fr. U8oxxx [a dealer's price in code]

Marks Affixed to the bottom of the upper right drawer is a label inscribed in ink: 28665 [Duveen Brothers inventory number] Label, on the underside of the top at center: [circular French customs label.]

Provenance

(Duveen Brothers)

(Arnold Seligman, Paris, France)

1932, acquired through (L. Alavoine, New Yorl, New York, USA) Anna Thomson Dodge

1932-1971, Anna Thomson Dodge (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

1971-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Winokur, Ronald L. "The Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Dodge Memorial Collection." Bulletin of the DIA 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 and Detroit, 1996, no. 2, pp. 41-44, (ill.) p. 43.

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attributed to Jean-François Oeben or associate, Writing Table, ca. between 1755 and 1760, tulipwood, amaranth, and holly on oak carcass with gilt-bronze mounts, leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband, 71.208.