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Writing Cabinet (Escritorio), Spanish, possibly Granada, 1500/50, Walnut, boxwood, bone, iron, copper alloy, and gilding
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Case Piece · Granada

Writing Cabinet (Escritorio)

Spanish, possibly Granada · Granada · 1500/50

Medium
Walnut, boxwood, bone, iron, copper alloy, and gilding
Dimensions
Closed: 61 × 100.4 × 46.1 cm (24 × 39 1/2 × 18 1/8 in.); Open: 85.8 × 100.4 × 97.8 cm (33 3/4 × 39 1/2 × 38 1/2 in.)
Accession
2018.370
Credit line
Richard T. Crane Jr. Memorial and Chester D. Tripp Major Acquisition endowment funds
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