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Signed by Bernard van Risenburgh, who supplied a larger and more ornate bureau plat for the study of the dauphin at Versailles in 1745. A wood called satiné, producing an effect of watered silk, was used as a ground for the floral marquetry on both tables.
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Title: Writing table (bureau plat)
Maker:
Bernard II van Risenburgh (ca. 1696–ca. 1767)
Date: ca. 1750
Culture: French, Paris
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
Object Number: 1974.356.186
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