Writing table
Jean-Henri Riesener
(French, born in 1734, master 1768,
died in 1806)
died in 1806)
about 1780–85
Medium/TechniqueMahogany and "plum-pudding" mahogany veneers and holly banding on oak; gilt-bronze mounts
Dimensions74.3 x 58.1 x 42.1 cm (29 1/4 x 22 7/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2505
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenancePavlovsk Palace, Russia [see note 1]. By 1965, Forsyth Wickes, New York and Newport, RI (d. 1964); 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] Inventory marks on underside of this table are Pavlovsk Palace marks. See J. Munger, 1992, p. 322.
NOTES:
[1] Inventory marks on underside of this table are Pavlovsk Palace marks. See J. Munger, 1992, p. 322.
about 1745–50 (?)
