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Document identity
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123526
label
Table Desk (Bureau Plat)
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123526
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object
title
Table Desk (Bureau Plat)
date
c. 1750– 1760
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60753913
creators
11798
genreSpecific
Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 75 x 151.8 x 76.9 cm (29 1/2 x 59 3/4 x 30 1/4 in.)
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France, 18th century
accession
1944.123
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wood marquetry with gilt bronze mounts, leather top
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Table Desk (Bureau Plat), c. 1750– 1760. Bernard II van Riesen Burgh (Dutch, 1766). Wood marquetry with gilt bronze mounts, leather top; overall: 75 x 151.8 x 76.9 cm (29 1/2 x 59 3/4 x 30 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection, 1944.123
collection
Furniture
inscriptions
inscription
signed three times on bottom edge of apron: B. V. R. B.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection : Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944.</em> [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
page_number
Reproduced: p. [31], Plate XII, cat. no. 17; Mentioned: p. 41, cat. no. 17
citation
Milliken, William. "French Furniture and Sculpture." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>31, no. 6 (June 1944): 91-92, 101.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 90
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 296
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 142
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 142
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 185
creditline
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
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2026-05-29 06:21:34
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123526
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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wood marquetry with gilt bronze mounts, leather top
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male
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