Decorative arts
Small Upright Writing Cabinet
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- Date
- 1760-1770
- Accession number
- 27.101
- Attributed
- attributed to Pierre Roussel(Opens in new tab) (French, 1723–1782)
- Dimensions
- 39 1/4 × 28 1/2 × 13 in. (99.7 × 72.4 × 33 cm.)
- Medium
- oak carcase veneered with marquetry of stained and natural-colored boxwood on sycamore ground with boxwood stringing and a purplewood border set in tulipwood; gilt-bronze mounts
- Description
- Writing cabinet on stand with lower shelf. Entire object has marquetry reserves of rustic scenes and military trophies.
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
