Leaf of a Writing Tablet, between 1350 and 1400

  • French

Ivory

  • Overall: 4 1/8 × 2 1/4 × 1/8 inches (10.5 × 5.7 × 0.3 cm)

Gift of Robert H. Tannahill

43.458

On View

  • European: Medieval, Level 2, Central

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Collection of Achillito Chiesa (Milan, Italy and New York, New York, USA)

April 16-17, 1926, sold by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) Chiesa sale, part III, lot 323

(Joseph Brummer, New York, New York, USA)

November 24, 1926, purchased by Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

The Collection of Achillito Chiesa Collection, Part III. XV-XVI Century Majolicas, Gothic Ivories; Early French and Italian Enamels, Renaissance Velvets, Brocades and Laces; Italian XV-XVI Century Furniture. Exh. cat., American Art Galleries. New York, 1926, no. 324 (ill.). Randall, Jr., R.H. The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections. New York, 1993, no. 153, pp. 108-109.

French, Leaf of a Writing Tablet, between 1350 and 1400, ivory. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 43.458.