Corner-Cupboard (encoignure)

Jean Desforges

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Corner-Cupboard (encoignure)

Jean Desforges

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Artist: Jean Desforges
Date: probably 1745/1749
Medium: veneered on oak, stained black, with ebonized wood, sycamore and kingwood veneers; japanned on each door with _vernis Martin_; gilded bronze mounts; black and gold Portor marble top
Dimensions: overall: 99.3 x 89 x 66.8 cm (39 1/8 x 35 1/16 x 26 5/16 in.)
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veneered on oak, mostly stained black, with panels of Japanese black-and-gold (_togidashi_) lacquer; gilded bronze mounts; marble top

overall: 83.7 x 147 x 61 cm (32 15/16 x 57 7/8 x 24 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Corner-Cupboard (encoignure)

probably 1745/1749

veneered on oak, stained black, with ebonized wood; japanned on each door with _vernis Martin_; gilded bronze mounts; black and gold Portor marble top

overall: 100.4 x 88.4 x 67 cm (39 1/2 x 34 13/16 x 26 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Public domain

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Jean Desforges, Corner-Cupboard (encoignure), probably 1745/1749, veneered on oak, stained black, with ebonized wood, sycamore and kingwood veneers; japanned on each door with _vernis Martin_; gilded bronze mounts; black and gold Portor marble top, National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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