SMALL WRITING TABLE
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The table is rectangular and stands on four long straight legs. The top is covered with a slab of variegated red marble and has a brass gallery with openwork around the back and two sides. All sides are decorated with marquetry panels representing diamond shapes each of which contains a quatrefoil. At the top of the front a leather-covered writing pad pulls out. There is one drawer below the writing pad and another one at the right side. The four corners have trompe l'oeil fluting. The legs are plain and taper down to simple brass sabots.
- Object name:
- SMALL WRITING TABLE
- Made from:
- Wood marquetry -- brass -- marble
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- ca. 1780
- Size:
- H. 28 × W. 19 × D. 13 1/2 in. (71.1 × 48.3 × 34.3 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.40
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- LABEL There are no signatures but a former collector's seal on the bottom reads: Frankfurt. N6 LM9 } HZA
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973