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Pair of corner shelves

ca. 1760
Not on view
Consists of three segmental shelves, with shaped fronts linked at back by a central vertical support, triangular in section, and along outside edges by elaborately pierced C-scrolls, alternately concave and convex, that join with central support at top and bottom; shelves of different sizes, smallest at bottom, largest in middle; distance between upper and middle shelves is greater than that between lower and middle; central support, with shaped ends, veneered on front with tulipwood inlaid with pendants of flowers and leaves in end-cut kingwood; pierced C-scrolls veneered on the front and sides with tulipwood.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pair of corner shelves
  • Maker: Bernard II van Risenburgh (ca. 1696–ca. 1767)
  • Date: ca. 1760
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Oak marquetried with tulipwood and kingwood
  • Dimensions: Overall (each): 35 1/2 × 15 1/2 × 11 in. (90.2 × 39.4 × 27.9 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1971
  • Object Number: 1971.206.19, .20
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Writing table (bureau plat), Bernard II van Risenburgh, Veneered on oak with ebony; mounts of chased and gilded bronze; top inlaid with later panels of black morocco and gilt-tooled leather, French
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Side table (commode en console), Bernard II van Risenburgh, Oak and pine lacquered black and veneered with Japanese black and gold lacquer; gilt-bronze mounts; Sarrancolin marble top, French, Paris
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Chest (chiffonier) (one of a pair), Bernard II van Risenburgh, Oak and pine substrate; tulipwood and purplewood veneer; probably holly stringing; marble tops; gilt-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Chest (chiffonier) (one of a pair)
Bernard II van Risenburgh
ca. 1765

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