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Table or Stand

Date

about 1700–1715

Medium

Gessoed and gilt oak, ash, and Scots pine

Culture

French

Department

Decorative Arts

Institution

Getty Museum

This elaborately carved stand was probably intended to support a large coffer decorated with any of a variety of materials such as fine needlework, Chinese or Japanese lacquer, or intricate wood marquetry. Such an ensemble--coffer and stand--would have stood in a formal bedroom during the 1600s and early 1700s. The owner would have stored clothes, documents, and valuable personal items in the coffer.

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