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Pair of mirrored double doors

ca. 1743–44
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 551
These are part of a set of four double doors made for the Golden Gallery in the Palazzo Carrega-Cataldi, now the Chamber of Commerce in Genoa. The doors were purchased and brought to New York in the late 1890s by the American architect Stanford White.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pair of mirrored double doors
  • Designer: Lorenzo de Ferrari (1680–1744)
  • Date: ca. 1743–44
  • Culture: Italian, Genoa
  • Medium: Lindenwood, carved and gilded; mirrored glass panels, walnut, pine
  • Dimensions: Overall (each): 8 ft. 11 1/16 × 25 × 2 1/2 in. (272 × 63.5 × 6.4 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.307a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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