Desnet
Menorah

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Menorah
Datec. 1930
MediumSilver-plate and brass
Dimensions7 3/8 × 18 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (18.7 × 47.6 × 20 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marc Grossberg in honor of Cyvia Wolff
Object number2024.85
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
111 Herzstein Gallery
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Provenance[European Dealer]; Richard Fishman, artdecocollection.com, Oakland, CA, c. 2022; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition Historyn/a
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Back edge of lower horizontal bar stamped: DESNY PARIS / DEPOSE / MADE IN FRANCE
Underside stamped: DESNY PARIS / MADE IN FRANCE / DEPOSE
Catalogue raisonnén/a

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