Gallery 354, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Rubenstein Gallery)
Main Building
Gallery 354, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Rubenstein Gallery)
Main Building
The French name for this cabinet means “a piece of furniture with two bodies”—that is, the piece is composed of separate cupboards with locking doors that are set one above the other. The elaborate carvings on the doors are based on designs from printed woodcuts, engravings, and etchings that must have been available to the cabinetmaker’s workshop. The design and ornament of the cabinet relate to the mid-1500s decoration of the palace of Fontainebleau, near Paris, which remained influential to later generations of artists.
Gallery 354, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Rubenstein Gallery)
Title: | Cabinet (Meuble à deux corps) |
Date: | c. 1620, with replaced modern pediment |
Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, French |
Medium: | Walnut and oak with marble inlay |
Dimensions: | 7 feet 2 5/8 inches x 43 5/16 x 17 11/16 inches (220 x 110 x 44.9 cm) |
Classification: | Furniture/Furnishings |
Credit Line: | Purchased with Museum funds from the Edmond Foulc Collection, 1930 |
Accession Number: | 1930-1-183 |
Geography: | Made in Paris, France, Europe |
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Gallery 354, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Rubenstein Gallery)
Main Building