Bureau à la Financiére
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-252-57
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
This print, titled *Bureau à laère*, was created around 1775 by the French artist Juste-François Boucher. Produced as a print medium, it likely served to document or promote an ornate writing desk design popular in 18th-century France. Such works often captured the refined tastes of the period just before the French Revolution, when furniture styles blended lingering Rococo flourishes with emerging neoclassical restraint. Prints like this one played a vital role in disseminating design ideas across Europe and beyond. By rendering detailed views of furniture in a reproducible format, artists l...