
Desk Chair
ca. 1902 · Walnut
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ca. 1902 · Walnut

1760-90 · Mahogany
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on permanent view in...

Mid-16th century · Stonepaste
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Islamic...

12 October 1297 · Latin manuscript in a chancery hand on parchment
National Archives Building, Washington, DC, West Rotunda Gallery

After 1700 on radiocarbon evidence · Wax
Skulpturensammlung und Museum fuer Byzantinische Kunst...

1502 · Ink
Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena

c. AD 1021-1154 · Amate
Biblioteca Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico City

c. 1503 · Basalt
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 161
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