Works of Art (59)
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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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"Alada" table, ca. 1985, Oscar Tusquets Blanca (Spanish); Manufacturer: CASAS, Painted wood, etched glass, bronze (1990.68ab) |
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"Architettura" trumeau, 1952,
Piero Fornasetti (Italian); Gio Ponti (Italian),
Screen-printed wood fiberboard, mahogany, brass, wire, electric light (1997.460.2ab) |
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Armchair (bergère en cabriolet) (one of a pair), ca. 1760–70, Stamped by Claude-Louis Burgat (French), Carved and gilded beechwood (1982.60.89) |
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Armchair (bergère en cabriolet), 1788, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené (French), Carved, painted, and gilded walnut (41.205.2) |
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Armchair (part of a large set), 1753, Stamped by Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot (French), Carved and gilded beechwood, covered with the original silk and wool Beauvais tapestry covers (35.145.9) |
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Armchair, 1843,
Auguste-Émile Ringuet-Leprince (French; firm active Paris),
Ebonized fruitwood (apple or pear), beech, gilt bronze mounts, original upholstery (69.262.3) |
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Armchair, 1922, Marcel Breuer (American, born Hungary), Oak, wool upholstery (1983.366) |
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Armchair, ca. 1710
French, Carved and gilded walnut, covered in late 17th-century wool, velvet (1983.526) |
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Armchair, ca. 1828,
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (German),
Gilded mountain ash, brass (1996.30) |
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Armchair, ca. 1850,
Chair frame by firm of Joseph-Pierre-François Jeanselme (French); upholstery by firm of Jacques-Michel Dulud,
Carved rosewood, leather, silk, serge (1995.164) |
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Armchair, ca. 1860,
French,
Gilded wood, upholstered in modern green tufted velvet (1998.382) |
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Armchair, ca. 1905,
Designer: Henri-Jules-Ferdinand Bellery-Desfontaines (French),
French (Paris),
Walnut, copper, brass, tapestry covers, brown plush (1990.213) |
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Bookstand, 1839,
Designer: Charles-Auguste Questel (French); Maker: Georges-Alphonse Jacob Desmalter (French),
France; Paris,
Oak, maple, ebony, ebony veneer, ebonized maple, snakewood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, silk velvet, gilt bronze, and brass (2006.518)
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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. 1700–1710, 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, 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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Casket, ca. 1680,
Michel Redlin (German),
Poland; Gdansk,
Amber, gold foil, gilt brass, wood (2006.452a–c)
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Cassone, 1461–65, Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florentine); Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florentine), Italian (Florence), Painted and gilded gesso on poplar, set with a wooden panel painted in tempera and gold (14.39) |
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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. 1570–90, South German or Tyrolean, Pine, walnet, ash, various fruitwoods, maple, ebony, partly stained (marquetry veneer); gilt bronze (25.135.112) |
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Commode (commode à vantaux), ca. 1790, Stamped by Adam Weisweiler (French), Oak veneered with Japanese lacquer and European japanning, ebony, gilt-bronze mounts, violet brocatelle marble top (1977.1.12) |
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Commode, ca. 1710–32, André-Charles Boulle (French), Walnut veneered with ebony and marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble top (1982.60.82) |
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Commode, ca. 1745–49, Charles Cressent (French), Pine and oak veneered with purplewood, mahogany, and bois satiné (bloodwood), gilt-bronze mounts, portor marble top (1982.60.56) |
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Corner cabinet (encoignure) (one of a pair), 1745–49, 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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Crib of the Infant Jesus, 15th century, South Netherlandish; Made in Brabant, Carved and polychromed oak, copper gilt, silver gilt, painted parchment, and silk embroidered with seed pearls, gold thread, tinsel, and translucent enamels (1974.121) |
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Desk (secrétaire), ca. 1804–15,
French,
Amboyna on pine with gilt-bronze mounts (23.147.1) |
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Desk chair (fauteuil de bureau),
French,
Mahogany, gilt bronze, satin-velvet upholstery (voided, green and red) (07.225.53) |
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Desk, 1890–92,
Designer: Mervyn Macartney (British); W. Hall for Kenton & Co., London,
Mahogany veneered with Macassar ebony, silver molding, silver-plated brass knobs (2006.4) |
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Desk, ca. 1902,
Carlo Bugatti (Italian),
Walnut, copper, pewter, vellum (1970.181.3) |
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Folding stool (one of a pair), 1786, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené (French), Beechwood, carved and painted, upholstered in pink silk (1977.102.9,.10) |
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Hanging cabinet, ca. 1890,
Émile Gallé (French),
French (Nancy), Beechwood, various marquetry woods (1982.246) |
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Jewelry casket, 1857,
Pietro Giusti (Italian),
Carved walnut, ebony, lined with red velvet (1998.19) |
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Mechanical game table, ca. 1780–83,
David Roentgen (German),
Germany; Neuwied,
Partially stained oak, mahogany, maple, and fruitwood, felt, partially tooled and gilded leather, iron and steel fittings, brass (2007.42.1,2)
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Mechanical table, 1778
Jean-Henri Riesener (French), Oak veneered with bois satiné (bloodwood), holly, black stained holly, amaranth, berberis, stained sycamore, and green lacquered wood, gilt-bronze mounts (33.12) |
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Mechanical table, ca. 1761–63
Stamped by Jean-François Oeben and Roger Vandercruse Lacroix (French), Oak veneered with mahogany, kingwood, and tulipwood with marquetry of mahogany, rosewood, holly, and various other woods, gilt-bronze mounts (1982.60.61) |
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Mirror Frame, ca. 1568, Wenzel Jamnitzer (German, Nuremberg), Silver gilt, ebony, and mirror plate (17.190.620) |
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Model No. 41 lounge chair, 1931–32, Alvar Aalto (Finnish), Laminated birch (2000.375) |
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Secrétaire à abattant, ca. 1815–20, with later additions, Austrian, Walnut, parcel-ebonized and mounted with gilt bronze; leather, glass, brass (1991.470)
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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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Secretary, ca. 1776, Attributed to Martin Carlin (French), Paris, Oak; tulipwood, purplewood, holly, and sycamore veneer; porcelain and tôle painted to imitate porcelain; gilt bronze (1976.155.110) |
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Sgabello, ca. 1489–91, Italian (Florence), Walnut, maple, ebony, ebonized wood, and fruitwood, traces of gilding and red paint (30.93.2) |
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Side chair (chaise) (one of a pair), 1784, Georges Jacob (French), carved by Jules Hugues Rousseau (French) and his brother Jean-Siméon Rousseau (French), Carved and gilded walnut (1977.102.13,14) |
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Side chair (part of a set), ca. 1899,
Édouard Colonna, for L'Art Nouveau Bing, Paris
French,
Palissander wood, damask upholstery (26.228.5) |
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Side chair, 1870,
Edward Welby Pugin (British),
Stained oak, ebony, and brass (1993.134) |
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Side chair, ca. 1730, Giles Grendey (English), Beech (37.115) |
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Side chair, ca. 1870,
Christopher Dresser (British),
Gilt, ebonized, and carved wood (1994.529) |
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Side table, 1871,
Edward William Godwin (British),
Walnut and brass (1991.87) |
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Small desk (bonheur-du-jour), 1768
Martin Carlin (French), Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, stained sycamore and mahogany drawers, gilt-bronze mounts, Sèvres plaques (58.75.48) |
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Sofa, ca. 1856,
Ringuet-Leprince and L. Marcotte (French and American),
Ebonized maple, gilt bronze (68.69.1) |
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Table, ca. 1775–80,
Italian (Rome),
Wood, carved, painted, and partly gilded; replaced green-black granite top (41.188) |
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The Seehof garden furniture, ca. 1763–64, German, Painted and gilded lindenwood (1974.356.114-.121) |
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Upright secretary (secrétaire à abattant), ca. 1786–87, Maker: Guillaume Beneman (French) (1971.206.17) |
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Washstand (athénienne or lavabo), 1804–14,
Design attributed to Charles Percier (French); mounts attributed to Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French),
Yew wood, gilt bronze (26.256.1) |
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Washstand, 1904, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish), Designer, Oak, ceramic tile, colored and mirror glass, and lead (1994.120) |
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Work and writing table (table en chiffonnière), ca. 1760, Stamped by Bernard van Risenburgh (French), Oak and pine veneered with tulipwood, kingwood, purplewood, and bois satiné (bloodwood), gilt-bronze mounts (1984.471.1) |
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Writing table (bureau plat), 1759, Gilles Joubert (French), Red and gold japanning on oak, gilt-bronze mounts, leather top (1973.315.1) |
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