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Artist Adam Weisweiler (French, 1744-1820)
Place of OriginFrance
Dateabout 1790-1800
DimensionsH: 36 in.; L: 48 1/8 in.; Depth: 20 1/4 in.
MediumMahogany, amboina wood, gilt bronze, marble
ClassificationFurniture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number
1955.11
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 27
Published ReferencesGrigaut, Paul L., "Baroque and Rococo France in Toledo," Art Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring 1956, p. 54.

Packer, Charles A., Paris Furniture by the Master Ebenistes, Newport, Ceramic Book Co., 1956, p. 62, repr. fig. 179.

"Art in Antiques, Museum Buys 1956-57," Art News, Summer 1957, p. 14.

Toledo Museum News, New series, vol. 3, no. 4, Autumn 1960, p. 92, repr. p. 93.

The Toledo Museum of Art: a Guide to the Collections, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 1966, repr.

Commode
Attributed to William Hallett
about 1750
Commode with Marquetry Decoration
Joseph Baumhauer
about 1767-1772, possibly a decade earlier
One of a pair of Pedestals
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
about 1805-1810
One of a pair of Pedestals
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
about 1805-1810
Center Table
Herter Brothers
about 1865-1870
Attributed to Johannes Strumphler
about 1785
Bas d’Armoire
François Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
about 1812
Sideboard
Workshop of John and Thomas Seymour
about 1805-1810

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