SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Writing table (bureau plat)

Bernard II van Risenburgh

Writing table (bureau plat), Bernard II van Risenburgh, ca. 1745–50, Veneered on oak with ebony; mounts of chased and gilded…
Maker
Bernard II van Risenburgh
Date
ca. 1745–50
Medium
Veneered on oak with ebony; mounts of chased and gilded bronze; top inlaid with later panels of black morocco and gilt-tooled leather
Dimensions
confirmed: 31 1/2 × 71 7/8 × 36 in. (80 × 182.6 × 91.4 cm)
Form
Table
Culture
French
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession
2019.283.5
Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
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