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Pair of pedestals, ca. 1780, Boxwood veneer, inlaid with colored wood

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Pair of pedestals

Maker unknown · ca. 1780

Medium: Boxwood veneer, inlaid with colored wood
Dimensions: Overall (each): 51 × 15 × 15 1/2 in. (129.5 × 39.4 × 39.4 cm)
Accession: 64.101.1062, .1063
Credit line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Culture: British

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