About the Artwork
Portable Writing Desk
between 1840 and 1850
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French
French
Glass
Overall: 1 7/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 5/8 inches (3.7 × 4.2 × 4.2 cm) Installed (with 54.217.2B): 1 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 1 5/8 inches (4.2 × 4.2 × 4.2 cm)
Furniture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mrs. Isadore Levin
54.217.2A
This work is in the public domain.
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Mrs. Isadore Levin
1954-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
French, Portable Writing Desk, between 1840 and 1850, glass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Isadore Levin, 54.217.2A.
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