About the Artwork
Portable Writing Desk
between 1850 and 1850
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French
French
Wood, tortoise shell, brass, cisele velvet and lacquer
Overall (closed): 4 5/16 × 13 1/4 × 11 3/16 inches (11 × 33.7 × 28.4 cm) Overall (open): 5 15/16 × 13 1/4 × 20 13/16 inches (15.1 × 33.7 × 52.9 cm)
Furniture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mrs. Isadore Levin
54.217.1
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Provenance
Mrs. Isadore Levin
1954-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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French, Portable Writing Desk, between 1850 and 1850, wood, tortoise shell, brass, cisele velvet and lacquer. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Isadore Levin, 54.217.1.
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