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| Keywords: Russian - Desk with Animals and Decoration - Walters 71429.jpg This seven-drawer miniature writing desk is known as a teremok small tower cabinet Flat walrus-ivory and bone plaques some of which have been stained moss green are affixed by nails to the cabinet's front and sides and to the fronts of the three interior drawers Their surface is busily decorated with circle motifs and colored black Twelve thicker plaques carved with rocaille floral openwork decoration typical of the mid 18th century north Russian School have been set over mica sheets on the exterior drawer fronts sides and top The two largest of these plaques are set into the sloping drop-front They include on the right a lion and on the left a doe and swooping bird within the stylized floral matrix Several of the plaques are chipped or cracked On the back on a paper tag is written 130; engraved on the bottom of the left front foot is the date 1812 early Other date century 19 wood walrus ivory and bone cm 29 5 25 11 accession number 71 429 5269 Scandinavia William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Number On the back on a paper tag 130; Date Engraved on the bottom of the left front foot 1812 Russian Art Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1959-1960 A Millennium of Christianity Russian Art from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 place of origin north Russia Walters Art Museum license Slant-front desks Ivory objects Walrus ivory 19th-century furniture desks Decorative and applied arts of Russia Furniture in the Walters Art Museum Writing desks | ||||
