Escritorio de Salamanca (writing desk) | Yale University Art Gallery

late 17th century

On view, 2nd floor, European Art

Medium: Iron-mounted bone, inlaid painted and partly-gilded walnut
Dimensions: 63.5 × 105.4 × 40.64 cm (25 × 41 1/2 × 16 in.)
other (lid open): 58.42 × 100.33 × 96.52 cm(23 × 39 1/2 × 38 in.)
Credit Line: Enoch Vine Stoddard Collection, Bequest of Enoch Vine Stoddard, B.A. 1905
Accession Number: 1957.56.6
Geography: Made in Spain
Culture: Spanish
Period: 17th century
Classification: Furniture
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Provenance

Collection of Enoch Vine Stoddard (until 1957); Yale University Art Gallery

Bibliography

Samuel Luterbacher, "An Escritorio from the Spanish Golden Age," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2016): 100, fig. 1–2.

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Additional information

Object/Work type

furniture

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