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Bookstand by Charles-Auguste Questel
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Bookstand

Charles-Auguste Questel · 1839

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Artist

Charles-Auguste Questel

Date

1839

Medium

Ebony, ebony veneer, ebonized maple, oak, maple, rosewood, snakewood, ivory, mother-of-pearl; brass hardware and mounts; lined with silk velvet not original to the piece

Dimensions

Overall (at base): 53 x 32 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (134.6 x 81.6 x 58.7 cm); Overall (at widest edge of lectern): 53 x 30 11/16 x 21 5/8 in.

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 2006

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Artist authority

Charles-Auguste Questel

French architect (1807–1888)

Lifespan
1807 – 1888
Wikidata
Q981466
VIAF
76440230
ULAN
500033754
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