Caption

Secretary with setting from the mid-18th century — general view; maker: Józef Kosciesza Jaworski fl. ca. 1911–ca. 1929 photographer; furniture, baroque style; ; intarsia, artistic crafts; bureaus/desks; 18th-century craftsmanship; lost monuments partially; print with entire surface re-glued onto cardboard; not after 1925; places of origin: Kraków original, Warsaw; photography/reproduction of a work of art; photographic print: height 22.0 cm, width 15.8 cm; cardboard: height 34.8 cm, width 25.0 cm., The image shows a tall wooden piece of furniture with a darker wood grain and decorative inlay, consisting of an upper cabinet section with an ornate curved top and multiple small drawers flanking a central door, and a lower section with a slanted writing surface above a set of larger drawers; the hardware includes several metallic handles and escutcheons, and the piece rests on a scalloped base. The visible colors are shades of brown in the wood, metallic gray on the hardware, and pale off-white in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_490

License type

Rights managed

Available size

74.8Mb (2.6Mb) / 14.5in x 20.0in / 4357 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Secretary setting mid-18th century general view maker Józef Kosciesza Jaworski fl ca 1911–ca 1929 photographer furniture baroque style intarsia artistic crafts bureaus desks 18th-century craftsmanship lost monuments partially print entire surface re-glued cardboard 1925 places origin Kraków original Warsaw photography reproduction work art photographic print height 22.0 cm width 15.8 cm 34.8 cm width 25.0 cm image tall wooden piece darker wood grain decorative inlay consisting upper cabinet section ornate curved top multiple small drawers flanking central door lower section slanted writing surface set larger drawers hardware includes several metallic handles escutcheons piece rests scalloped base visible colors shades brown wood metallic gray pale off-white background.