Collection Online as of May 25, 2022
c. 1750
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Oak, tulipwood marquetry, gilt metal mounts, marble
Overall: 88 x 156.5 x 69.9 cm (34 5/8 x 61 5/8 x 27 1/2 in.)
Gift of Flora Whitney Miller, Barbara Whitney Henry, and Major Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney 1942.497
Location 216B French and German
Provenance E. Lowengard, Paris (1903); (Duveen Bros., New York); probably bought from Duveen by William C. Whitney; in sale catalogue of James Henry (Silent) Smith, whose wife was a Whitney, in 1910; it was bought, together with the house, by Harry Payne Whitney.
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 298
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 137
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 137
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 180
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Exhibition history
Exhibition of the Month: "Rococo Style in Various Arts . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 30, 1945).
