id:			122289
accession number:	1942.594
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.594
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:52.418000

Worktable (Bureau de Toilette), c. 1755–1785. Martin Carlin (French, 1730–1785). Wood marquetry with gilt bronze mounts, Sèvres porcelain top; overall: 77.5 x 43.2 cm (30 1/2 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.594

title:				Worktable (Bureau de Toilette)
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creation date:			c. 1755–1785
creation date earliest:		1750
creation date latest:		1790
current location:		202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture:	France, Paris
technique:	wood marquetry with gilt bronze mounts, Sèvres porcelain top
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Martin Carlin (French, 1730–1785)  - made by

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measurements: Overall: 77.5 x 43.2 cm (30 1/2 x 17 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection
	opening date:   1942-11-12T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

	title:		Neo-classicism: Style and Motif
	opening date:   1964-09-23T04:00:00
	<i>Neo-classicism: Style and Motif</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Alfred de Rothschild; Lady Carnarvon; John L. Severance, Cleveland.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	Mentioned p. 39, 41; Reproduced: p. 43
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceFurniture/page/n38/mode/1up

	<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 45, cat. no. 87; Reproduced: p. [48], Plate XXII, cat. no. 87
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n49

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 320
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n63

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 157
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n181

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 157
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n181

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 190
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n210

	Hawley, Henry H., "A Basket of Flowers", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 37 no. 02, February 1997
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1997-02/page/8

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