About the Artwork
Writing Box
ca. 1870
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Spanish
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Mahogany and other woods with brass inlay, textile and book cloth
Overall (closed): 6 7/16 × 19 3/4 × 10 1/16 inches (16.3 × 50.1 × 25.6 cm) Overall (open): 4 3/4 × 19 13/16 × 20 5/8 inches (12 × 50.4 × 52.4 cm)
Furniture Accessories
European Modern Art to 1970
Gift of Arthur Hilton Nixon
72.858
Public Domain
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Arthur Hilton Nixon;1973-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Spanish, Writing Box, ca. 1870, mahogany and other woods with brass inlay, textile and book cloth. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Arthur Hilton Nixon, 72.858.
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