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Writing desk with marquetry and lacquer panels
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Writing desk with marquetry and lacquer panels

anonymous · 1780 · marqueterie; lacquering; gild; mahogany (wood); bronze (metal); ebony (wood); maple (wood); leather; wood (plant material); olive (wood); lemon wood; rosewood (wood); purpleheart (wood); oak (wood)

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Secretary, oak, veneered with tulipwood and other woods, inlaid with panels of Dutch and Japanese lacquer. Netherlands, c. 1780 - 1795.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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furnituredesksecretary
Credit lineSecretaire met marqueterie en lakpanelen. 1780. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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