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Desk (escritorio)
18th century
Object Place: Ecuador
Medium/Technique
South American walnut, canary wood, and cedrela with black olive and glassywood marquetry
Dimensions
Overall: 114.3 × 86.4 × 59.7 cm (45 × 34 × 23 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Henry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund
Accession Number2017.848
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
ProvenanceBy the 1960s, private collection, Antigua, Guatemala; until 2008, by descent within the family, Antigua and Florida; 2008, sold by this private collection to Eduardo Lacroze, Cold Spring Harbor, NY; 2017, sold by Eduardo Lacroze to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)