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Dressing and Writing Table with Pictorial Marquetry

 (French, 1734−1782)
Dateca. 1775
MediumMarquetry, tulipwood, and laquered bronze mounts on oak and fir
Dimensions28 1/4 × 29 7/8 × 17 in. (71.8 × 75.9 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1918.5.39
Collection History

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hollond, Wonham, Devonshire. Auctioned on premises, under the direction of Mrs. John Hollond, by Osborn & Mercer, December 15–21, 1916. Duveen, 1916. Frick, 1918.

Source: Furniture in The Frick Collection: Italian and French Renaissance, French 18th and 19th Centuries (Pt. I). Volume V. New York: The Frick Collection, 1992.

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