id:			123526
accession number:	1944.123
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.123
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:57.713000

Table Desk (Bureau Plat), c. 1750– 1760. Bernard II van Riesen Burgh (Dutch, 1766). Wood marquetry with gilt bronze mounts, leather top; overall: 75 x 151.8 x 76.9 cm (29 1/2 x 59 3/4 x 30 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.123

title:				Table Desk (Bureau Plat)
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creation date:			c. 1750– 1760
creation date earliest:		1750
creation date latest:		1760
current location:		216B French and German
creditline:			The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	wood marquetry with gilt bronze mounts, leather top
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Bernard II van Riesen Burgh (Dutch, 1766)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 75 x 151.8 x 76.9 cm (29 1/2 x 59 3/4 x 30 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	signed three times on bottom edge of apron:  B. V. R. B.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Earl of Essex; Dowager Countess of Essex, Cassiobury Park, Watford, Herts, England; Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection : Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944.</em> [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. [31], Plate XII, cat. no. 17; Mentioned: p. 41, cat. no. 17
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Prentiss/page/n45

	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. 296
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n59

	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. 142
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n166

	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. 142
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n166

	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. 185
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n205

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