Work and Writing Table (table en chiffonnière), c. 1750/1760

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Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.420

Artists / Makers

Bernard Vanrisamburgh II (cabinetmaker) French, active c. 1730 - 1765/1766

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Widener, Joseph E.