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image of Lean-to Writing Desk (table à abbattant)
Attributed to Pierre Migeon II
Pierre Migeon II (cabinetmaker)
French, 1701 - 1758
Lean-to Writing Desk (table à abbattant), c. 1750
veneered on oak with tulip-wood, purple-wood and kingwood; gilded bronze mounts
overall: 76.7 x 71.7 x 43.3 cm (30 3/16 x 28 1/4 x 17 1/16 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.424
On View
From the Tour: Rococo Decorative Arts of the Mid-1700s
Object 4 of 7

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).

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