Bernard van Risamburgh II (cabinetmaker) French, active c. 1730 - 1765/1766 Lean-to Writing Desk (secrétaire en pente), c. 1750 veneered on oak (stained purple on the underside of the top) with tulip-wood cut on the quarter, root-cut kingwood, and other end-cut woods; gilded bronze mounts overall: 80 x 53.3 x 35.8 cm (31 1/2 x 21 x 14 1/8 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.419

From the Tour: Rococo Decorative Arts of the Mid-1700s
Object 5 of 7

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beneath the front rail, stenciled in black: B.V.R.B.; beneath the front rail, stamped with the monogram of the _jurés_, and blackened with ink

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