Elevation of a Writing Desk [Bureau Plat]
date: label: Date
content: 1675–1700
name: label: Draftsman
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
label: Designer
content: André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Flat writing desk with scrolled legs composed of lions feet. Women's heads with wings support desk top. Front panel consisting of central drawer divided from side panels by symetrically placed C-scrolls decorated with acanthus leaves.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-22-196
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red chalk on cream laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 23.6 x 36.1 cm (9 5/16 x 14 3/16 in. )