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    "localId": "40793",
    "label": "Roll-Top Desk Depicting the Chateau of Saint Maur",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/65.88"
}

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    "id": "40793",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/65.88",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Roll-Top Desk Depicting the Chateau of Saint Maur",
    "description": "This form of desk with its counter-weighted receding top became fashionable in 1760, when a similar desk was commissioned for Louis XV.  This example is attributed to Teuné, a specialist in such desks who became a master \"ébéniste\" (cabinetmaker) in 1766.Portrayed in the marquetry of the top is a perspective of the Château de Saint Maur, a residence of the prince of Condé.  The château, situated in what is now St. Maur-les-Fosses, was demolished during the French Revolution.",
    "provenance": "Bacri Antiquaire (formerly Bacri Frères), Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by the Walters Art Museum, 1974.",
    "date": "ca. 1770",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/65.88",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Wood",
        "rolltop desks"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 123,
            "height": 161,
            "depth": 91.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 48 7/16 × L: 63 3/8 × D: 35 7/8 in. (123.03 × 160.97 × 91.12 cm)"
}

{
    "dynasty": "House of Bourbon",
    "reign": "Louis XV (1715-1774)",
    "med": "oak carcass body, various woods marquetry, ivory inlay, bronze-gilt mounts",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2217"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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