Writing table (bureau plat)
Object type: Writing table
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French
Artist: Bernard II van Risenburgh
Artist bio: ca. 1696–ca. 1767
Artist role: Maker
Date: ca. 1745–50
Medium: Veneered on oak with ebony;  mounts of chased and gilded bronze; top inlaid with later panels of black morocco and gilt-tooled leather
Dimensions: confirmed: 31 1/2 × 71 7/8 × 36 in. (80 × 182.6 × 91.4 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession year: 2019