Mueble medallero

Designed by Jean Brandely French
 Woodwork by Charles-Guillaume Diehl French
 Mounts and large central plaque by Emmanuel Frémiet French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556

Cuando el prototipo de este mueble (ahora en el Musée d’Orsay de París) se exhibió en la Exposición Universal de 1867, no tuvo buena acogida. Sin embargo, Diehl debió sentirse satisfecho con los resultados, pues hizo otro casi idéntico para su propio uso, que es este. Poco convencional tanto en forma como en decoración, el mueble ostenta una placa central que evoca el pasado legendario de Francia y expresa un profundo sentimiento nacionalista. Representa el triunfo del rey Meroveo después de su victoria sobre Atila, rey de los hunos, en el año 451. Meroveo aparece de pie en un carro cuyo conductor insta a los bueyes a pisar el cuerpo de un enemigo caído en la batalla.

Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris

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Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris

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