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Cabinet

Designer Designed by Louis-Constant Sévin French
Workshop director Ferdinand Barbedienne French
1867
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556
Shown at the Paris International Exposition of 1867, this unique cabinet was created by Maison Barbedienne, the leading manufacturer of artistic bronzes. The cabinet’s eclectic decoration consists of colorful cloisonné enameling in floral and scrolling patterns derived from Near Eastern art. The overall shape is of a European Renaissance collector’s cabinet with Moorish style arches in its interior. William H. Vanderbilt purchased the cabinet for his mansion in New York.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cabinet
  • Maker: Maison Barbedienne (French, 1834–1954)
  • Designer: Designed by Louis-Constant Sévin (French, Versailles 1821–1888 Neuilly-sur-Seine)
  • Workshop director: Ferdinand Barbedienne (French, St-Martin-de-Fresnay 1810–1892 Paris)
  • Date: 1867
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Brass, with polychrome cloisonné enamel; velvet
  • Dimensions: Overall (wt. confirmed): 25 × 27 1/4 × 15 1/2 in., 273 lb. (63.5 × 69.2 × 39.4 cm, 123.8 kg)
  • Classifications: Metalwork-Brass, Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, by exchange, 2017
  • Object Number: 2017.666
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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