Work and Writing Table (table en chiffonnière)

c. 1750/1760

Bernard Vanrisamburgh II

Cabinetmaker, French, active c. 1730 - 1765/1766

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    veneered partly on oak and partly on pine with tulipwood, purplewood, crosscut kingwood, and casuarina; gilded bronze mounts

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 66.8 x 42 x 32 cm (26 5/16 x 16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.420

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); sold 9 December 1915 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Peter A.B. Widener died in November 1915, so the sale was finalized with his estate, represented by his son, Joseph Widener.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

beneath the shelf at the center of the back, stenciled in ink: B.V.R.B.; in red chalk beneath the shelf, perhaps a number from when it was in the Pierpont Morgan collection: PM 96

Wikidata ID

Q62266854

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