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| Keywords: Spanish - Portable Writing Desk with Geometric Patterns and Moorish Designs - Walters 6522 - Three Quarter.jpg Traditional Islamic decoration with intricate patterns in inlaid pieces of wood ivory and bone some dyed green persisted in Spanish furniture long after the last Muslim stronghold of Granada was conquered in 1492 In the 1600s an image of the Madonna of Mercy wearing the badge of a religious order was set into the central section Such desks often placed on stands were common in upper-class Spanish households and easily transported between residences The many Spanish residents at the court in Brussels would have brought furnishings from home with them between 1550 1650 walnut wood boxwood and ebony inlay bone iron partially gilded oil paint cm 63 2 106 accession number 65 22 16963 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Spain Walters Art Museum license Portable desks Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Spain Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Writing desks | ||||
