Works of Art (24)
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Cabinet (armoire), 1867,
Charles Guillaume Diehl (German, act. Paris), cabinetmaker; Jean Brandely (French), designer; Emmanuel Frémiet (French), sculptor,
France (Paris),
Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony, and ivory, silvered bronze mounts (1989.197) |
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Cabinet on base, ca. 1939, Charlotte Perriand (French), Aluminum, pine, and walnut (1987.461.2ab) |
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Cabinet on stand, ca. 17001710, Attributed to Jan van Mekeren (Dutch), Dutch; Amsterdam, Oak veneered with kingwood, tulipwood, rosewood, ebony, olive wood, holly, and other marquetry woods (1995.371) |
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Cabinet-vitrine, 1899,
Gustave Serrurier-Bovy (Belgian),
Belgian (Liège),
Red narra wood, ash, copper, enamel, glass (1981.512.4) |
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Cabinet, 17th18th century, Thailand, Wood with lacquer and gold (1971.139) |
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Cabinet, 1861, Philip Webb (British), Designer; Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., Maker; Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (British), Painter, Made in England, Painted pine, oil paint on leather, brass, copper (26.54) |
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Cabinet, 1926, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (French), Designer, Macassar ebony, amaranth, and ivory (25.231.1) |
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Cabinet, ca. 1866,
Alexander Roux (American, born France; firm active New York City),
Rosewood, tulipwood, cherry, poplar, pine (68.100.10 |
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Cabinet, ca. 1874–77,
Design attributed to Frank Furness (American); manufactured by Daniel Pabst (American),
Philadelphia,
Walnut, maple, white pine, glass (1985.116)
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Coin cabinet, ca. 1805,
Probably by François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (French); silver mounts by Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French); designed by Charles Percier (French); decoration after drawings by Baron Dominique Vivant-Denon (French),
Mahogany, silver (26.168.77) |
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Collector's Cabinet, ca. 157090, South German or Tyrolean, Pine, walnet, ash, various fruitwoods, maple, ebony, partly stained (marquetry veneer); gilt bronze (25.135.112) |
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Corner cabinet (encoignure) (one of a pair), 174549, Stamped by Bernard van Risenburgh (French), Oak veneered with ebony and Chinese Coromandel lacquer, cherry, and purple wood, gilt-bronze mounts, Spanish brocatelle marble (1983.185.1a,b) |
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Étagère, mid-19th century,
English,
Black lacquered, painted, and gilded wood and papier-mâché, mother-of-pearl (1999.50.2) |
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Hanging cabinet, ca. 1890,
Émile Gallé (French),
French (Nancy), Beechwood, various marquetry woods (1982.246) |
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Jewel cabinet incorporating a watch, possibly before 1766,
Signed by James Cox (English),
Agate, mounted in gilded copper and gilded brass and set with painted enamel plaques, and fruitwood (64.101.829) |
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Miniature secretary incorporating a watch, ca. 1766–72,
Signed by James Cox (English),
Case: agate, with gold mounts, gilded brass, pearls, and paste jewels set in silver; dial: white enamel (46.184a–c) |
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Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh House, ca. 1758; painting ca. 1770-80,
King George County, Virginia (16.112) |
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Pietre dure cabinet, 161520, Court workshop of the grand dukes of Tuscany (Italian, Florence), Various exotic hardwoods veneered on oak, with ebony moldings; plaques of hardstones and slate; pietre dure work of various hardstones, colored marbles, and rock crystal (1988.19) |
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Room from the Hart House, 1680,
Ipswich, Massachusetts (36.127) |
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Room from the Hewlett House, ca. 174060,
Woodbury, New York (10.183) |
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Secretary (secrétaire à abattant), 1783, Jean-Henri Riesener (French), Oak veneered with ebony and black and gold Japanese lacquer, tulipwood, holly and black stained holly, amaranth, gilt-bronze mounts, white marble (20.155.11) |
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Sideboard, ca. 185357,
Alexander Roux (American, born France),
Black walnut, pine (1993.168) |
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Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio, ca. 147982, Possibly designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Italian, Sienese); Executed by Giuliano da Maiano (Italian), Made in Gubbio, Italy, Walnut, beech, rosewood, oak, and fruitwoods on walnut base (39.153) |
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Upright secretary (secrétaire à abattant), ca. 178687, Maker: Guillaume Beneman (French) (1971.206.17) |
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Thematic Essays (13)
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