About the Artwork
Writing Table
ca. between 1755 and 1760
Jean-François Oeben or associate
active 1721-1763
German
Unknown
Tulipwood, amaranth, and holly on oak carcass with gilt-bronze mounts, leather
Overall: 31 1/4 × 62 1/4 × 30 1/4 inches (79.4 × 158.1 × 76.8 cm)
Furniture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband
71.208
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, on the back of each of the military trophies, probably incised into the models from which the mounts were cast: 7 [behind the tassels on both front trophies] 2 [behind the left banner on the rear trophies] Inscribed, on a fragment of a round label: 551/.... Inscribed, on the side of the upper left drawer, on a blue-bordered label: Fr. U8oxxx [a dealer's price in code]
Affixed to the bottom of the upper right drawer is a label inscribed in ink: 28665 [Duveen Brothers inventory number] Label, on the underside of the top at center: [circular French customs label.]
Provenance
(Duveen Brothers)
(Arnold Seligman, Paris, France)
1932, acquired through (L. Alavoine, New Yorl, New York, USA) Anna Thomson Dodge
1932-1971, Anna Thomson Dodge (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)
1971-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Winokur, Ronald L. "The Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Dodge Memorial Collection." Bulletin of the DIA 50, no. 3 (1971): pp. 43-51.
Dell, T. et al. The Dodge Collection of Eighteenth-Century French and English Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York and Detroit, 1996, no. 2, pp. 41-44, (ill.) p. 43.
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attributed to Jean-François Oeben or associate, Writing Table, ca. between 1755 and 1760, tulipwood, amaranth, and holly on oak carcass with gilt-bronze mounts, leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband, 71.208.
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