Pair of corner shelves

Bernard II van Risenburgh

ca. 1760 · Oak marquetried with tulipwood and kingwood · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Consists of three segmental shelves, with shaped fronts linked at back by a central vertical support, triangular in section, and along outside edges by elaborately pierced C-scrolls, alternately concave and convex, that join with central support at top and bottom; shelves of different sizes, smallest at bottom, largest in middle; distance between upper and middle shelves is greater than that between lower and middle; central support, with shaped ends, veneered on front with tulipwood inlaid with pendants of flowers and leaves in end-cut kingwood; pierced C-scrolls veneered on the front and sides with tulipwood.

Artist

Bernard II van Risenburgh

Date

ca. 1760

Medium

Oak marquetried with tulipwood and kingwood

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1971