Cabinet (Meuble à deux corps)
Artist/maker unknown, French
Geography:
Made in Paris, France, Europe
Date:
c. 1620, with replaced modern pedimentMedium:
Walnut and oak with marble inlayDimensions:
7 feet 2 5/8 inches x 43 5/16 x 17 11/16 inches (220 x 110 x 44.9 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and SculptureObject Location:
1930-1-183Credit Line:
Purchased with Museum funds from the Edmond Foulc Collection, 1930
Made in Paris, France, Europe
Date:
c. 1620, with replaced modern pedimentMedium:
Walnut and oak with marble inlayDimensions:
7 feet 2 5/8 inches x 43 5/16 x 17 11/16 inches (220 x 110 x 44.9 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and SculptureObject Location:
* Gallery 257, European Art 1500-1850, second floor
Accession Number:1930-1-183Credit Line:
Purchased with Museum funds from the Edmond Foulc Collection, 1930
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The French name for this cabinet means “a piece of furniture with two bodies;” separate cupboards with locking doors are set one above the other. The carvings derive from printed woodcuts, engravings, and etchings. The design and ornament of the cabinet relate to the mid-sixteenth-century decoration of the palace of Fontainebleau, near Paris, which remained influential to later generations of artists.
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