About This Artwork
Fall-Front Desk1810/12
Pine (secondary) with leguminosae veneers, various unidentified veneers, ebonizing and gilding, gilt bronze
141 x 91.4 x 39.4 cm (55 1/2 x 36 x 15 in.)
The upper left drawer signed at rear and also fitted lower right drawer: CP ET F.
Impressed stamp at rear left side and on base: COMPOS´E PAR C. PERCIER ET PFL FONTAINE MDCCCXII.
Gift of the Centennial Fund; the Mrs. Burton W. Hales, Mrs. William O. Hunt, Jessie Spaulding Landon, Mrs. Harold T. Martin, Adelaide Ryerson, Mrs. E. Hall Taylor, Mrs. Chester D. Tripp and Mrs. Philip K. Wrigley funds, 1976.39