About the Artwork
Worktable
ca. 1820
Michael Bouvier
active 1819 - 1840
American
Unknown
Mahogany and curly maple veneers, brass, ivory, ebonized and gilded
Overall: 29 7/8 × 22 3/4 × 16 3/8 inches (75.9 × 57.8 × 41.6 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
1990.294
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Provenance
James Halpin Collection
Peter Hill
1990-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hawley, Henry. "Philadelphia Tables with Lyre Supports." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. (January 1988).
"American Decorative Arts Acquisitions 1985-2005." Bulletin of the DIA 81, 1-2 (2007): p. 54.
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attributed to Michael Bouvier, Worktable, ca. 1820, mahogany and curly maple veneers, brass, ivory, ebonized and gilded. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 1990.294.
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