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.
1800–10
about 1760–80
about 1788
about 1785
1790–1800
about 1760–1770
about 1809
about 1813–24
about 1813–24
1800–1810
1817-1819
about 1810