American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Table
Portable compass dial
Claude Dunod · 1714
Medium
Gilded brass, silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (16.5 × 14 cm)
Accession
03.21.37
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Stephen D. Tucker, 1903
Culture
German, Düsseldorf
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