Médaillier

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

Le prototype de ce médaillier maintenant conservé au Musée d’Orsay, à Paris, fut exposé à l’Exposition universelle de Paris en 1867, où il suscita des réactions mitigées. Pourtant Diehl, l’ébéniste, dut apprécier le résultat puisqu’il en fabriqua un deuxième, quasiment identique, pour lui-même : c’est celui que l’on voit ici. Le meuble échappe aux canons stylistiques, tant par la forme que par le décor, dont le bas-relief central exprime un puissant nationalisme symbolisé par le roi Mérovée après sa victoire sur Attila et les Huns, en 451. Mérovée triomphe sur un char dont le conducteur excite les bœufs pour qu’ils piétinent le corps d’un ennemi.

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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