Small desk

Date

ca. 1765

Medium

Satinwood, purpleheart, padouk and other marquetry woods on oak substrate; mahogany interior; brass mounts; leather-lined writing surface

Dimensions

Overall: 42 × 26 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (106.7 × 67.3 × 41.9 cm)

Form

Desk

Culture

British

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1974.356.211

Credit line

The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973