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Nécessaire with watch
German
probably ca. 1745–50

Chatelaine
British
1750–60

Watch and chatelaine
V. Blanck
ca. 1775

Chatelaine
British
18th century

Nécessaire
Joseph Martineau, Sr.
mid-18th century

Panels of a writing board
Assyrian
ca. 721–705 BCE

Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls
Korea
15th–16th century

Inrō with Chinese Scholars and Characters
Kitajima Setsuzan
early to mid-18th century

Delacroix's palette
Eugène Delacroix

Gathering of government officials
Unidentified artist
ca. 1551

Box
American
1675–1700

Box
American
1660–1700

Box
John Thurston
1660–85

Leaf of a Writing Tablet
French
14th century

Desk (bonheur du jour)
Martin Carlin
ca. 1770

Interior Scene with Books and Writing Implements
Unidentified artist
early to mid-17th century

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with “Dream in Naniwa” Design
Japan
18th century

Desk (bonheur du jour)
Martin Carlin
ca. 1769

Vase
China
1713–22

Watch and chatelaine
John Rich
ca. 1740

Watch and chatelaine
Jacques Jérôme Gudin
ca. 1770–90

Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
Sumerian
ca. 3100–2900 BCE

Table and Writing Set
Kubo Shunman
19th century

De la maniere de graver a l'eauforte et au burin, et de la gravure in maniere noire. . .Nouvelle édition augmentée
Abraham Bosse
1758

Branch with Cherry Flowers, Writing Box and Sheet of Paper for Poem Writing (Tanzaku)
Unidentified artist

Writing Utensils
Ryūsen
mid-19th century

Plum Branch with Flowers and a Stand with a Writing Set
Takashima Chiharu
19th century

Design for a Pen and Ink Stand
Anonymous, French, 19th century
19th century

Design for a Pen and Ink Stand with a Cupid and Two Ink Wells
Anonymous, French, 19th century
19th century

Design for a Pen and Ink Stand
Anonymous, French, 19th century
19th century

Design for a Pen and Ink Stand
Anonymous, French, 19th century
19th century

Scholar's Tools
Qi Baishi
dated 1947

Table with Three Levels with Ornamental Objects
Anonymous, Chinese, 19th century
19th century

Portrait of Muhammad Khan Shaibani, the Uzbek (d.1510)
16th century

Watch and chatelaine
probably Swiss
late 18th century

Chatelaine with calendar
French
probably late 18th century

Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour)
Martin Carlin
ca. 1774

Dagger (Piha Kaetta) with Stylus and Sheath
Sri Lankan
17th century

Small writing table
Antoine-Mathieu Criaerd
ca. 1755–60

Writing Box with Illustrated Books
Japan
19th century