Writing table (bureau plat)
Object type: Writing table
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Bernard II van Risenburgh
Artist bio: ca. 1696–ca. 1767
Artist role: Maker
Date: ca. 1750
Medium: Satiné wood, purplewood and kingwood, gilt bronze, leather
Dimensions: Overall: 29 3/4 × 54 1/2 × 28 1/2 in. (75.6 × 138.4 × 72.4 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession year: 1974