The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dog kennel

Date:: ca. 1775–80
Culture:: French
Medium:: Gilded beech and pine; silk and velvet
Dimensions:: H. 30-3/4 x W. 21-1/2 x D. 21-1/2 in. (78.1 x 54.6 x 54.6 cm); H. of opening: 11-3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1971
Accession Number:: 1971.206.18

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 526

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: G. SENE (stamped on the underside of the back rail in the center)

Marking: (branded, in the center of the bottom) a cipher formed by the letters M and A beneath a closed royal crown all within a circle of words reading GARDE MEUBLE DE LA REINE (mark of the Garde Meuble de la Reine Marie-Antoinette)
Provenance

Château de Versailles, Versailles, FranceMarie Antoinette, Queen of France ; [ Koenigsberg, New York ] ; Richard Peñard y Fernandez , Paris (until 1960; his sale, Musée Galliéra, Paris, December 7 , 1960, no. 123); Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman (until 1971; to MMA)
See also
Who
Claude I Sené (3)
What
Silk (33,825)

Wood (9,155)

Gilt (9,080)

Furniture (5,719)

Woodwork (2,574)

Softwood (1,174)

Pine (886)

Beech (219)

Kennels (1)
Where
Europe (150,450)

France (49,658)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,255)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,182)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1600–1800 A.D.
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