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Table desk, André Charles Boulle, late 17th century, Ebony, brass, and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze and tooled red leather top

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Table desk

André Charles Boulle · late 17th century

Medium: Ebony, brass, and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze and tooled red leather top
Dimensions: 31 × 77 1/2 × 34 in. (78.7 × 196.9 × 86.4 cm)
Accession: 37.160.7
Credit line: Bequest of Ogden Mills, 1929
Culture: French

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