West Building, Ground Floor
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Work of Art
- Leleu, Jean-François cabinetmaker
- French, 1729 - 1807
- Combined Toilet and Writing Table (toilette à transformations)
- c. 1764/1775
- veneered on oak with tulipwood, kingwood, pearwood, purplewood, sycamore, holly, boxwood, and ebony, some of the woods being originally stained green and other colors; drawers partially of mahogany; sparsely mounted with gilded bronze
- overall: 70.5 x 55.8 x 39.3 cm (27 3/4 x 21 15/16 x 15 1/2 in.)
- Widener Collection
- 1942.9.422
