Drop-front desk on chest (Vargueño)

Date

17th century

Medium

Carved, gilded, and partly gilded painted bone; wrought iron

Dimensions

Total H.: 63-3/8 in. (160 cm); a) 38 x 44 x 17 in. (96.5 x 111.8 x 43.2 cm); b) 27 x 43 x 16-3/8 in. (68.6 x 109.2 x 41.6 cm)

Form

Desk

Culture

Spanish

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

60.52a, b

Credit line

Gift of the Duchesse de Richelieu, 1960