René Dubois
Drop-front Desk

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Drop-front Desk
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AttributionFrench, 1737–1799, master 1755
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Drop-front Desk
  • Secrétaire à Abbattant
Datec. 1775
MediumPainted wood, gilt bronze and marble
Dimensions44 1/2 × 17 5/8 × 11 in. (113 × 44.8 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineHorace Wood Brock Collection, museum purchase funded by Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2021.359.A,.B
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceAline de Rothschild, by repute; Mrs. J.L. Mailman; [French and Company, June 1965]; Enid Haupt, New York; [Christie's New York, 22 October 1998, lot 164)]; [Aveline, Paris]; Horace Wood Brock, c.1997; MFAH, 2021.

Exhibition HistorySplendor and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, January 22–May 17, 2009

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on base of top marble, at proper left: 262674 / 177 / H563x and at center: IJD / 170
Inscribed on verso: H563x / V7756
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