Charles Cressent (cabinetmaker) French, 1685 - 1768 Writing Table (bureau plat), c. 1735/1745 veneered on oak and pine with kingwood, tulip-wood, purple-wood, boxwood, and ebony; gilded bronze mounts overall: 83.8 x 194.2 x 89.8 cm (33 x 76 7/16 x 35 3/8 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.423

From the Tour: Production of French Decorative Arts in the 1700s
Object 5 of 5

Exhibition History

1973

François Boucher in North American Collections: One Hundred Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Art Institute of Chicago, 1973-1974, not in catalogue or brochure (shown only in Washington).

1994

Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, brochure, no. 91.

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