American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Secretary with marquetry decoration: vases with flowers on doors and bouquets on side panels. Top of gray marble
In the collection of
Rijksmuseum
Date
1770
Medium
wood (plant material); maple (wood); marble (rock); purpleheart (wood); ebony (wood); boxwood; oak (wood)
Dimensions
height 142.5 cm x width 107.5 cm x depth 53 cm x weight 120 kg
Form
Desk
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Accession
BK-1957-52
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