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Cabinet

ca. 1775–80
Not on view
Specialized in flower painting, Tandart decorated not only useful wares such as tea services but also a number of large furniture plaques with ribbon-tied bouquets. The open shelves would have been used for the display of decorative objects, such as mounted vases, or cups and saucers.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cabinet
  • Maker: Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris)
  • Manufactory: Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Decorator: Plaques painted by Jean-Baptiste Tandart (French, active 1754–1800)
  • Maker: Plaques gilded by Jean-Pierre Boulanger (1722–1785, active 1754–85)
  • Maker: and Cyprien-Julien Hirel de Choisy (French, active 1770–1812)
  • Date: ca. 1775–80
  • Culture: French, Paris and Sèvres
  • Medium: Oak veneered with tulipwood and amaranth, holly, and ebonized holly; gilt bronze, soft-paste porcelain, marble, mirror glass, silk
  • Dimensions: Overall" 36 1/2 × 13 1/8 × 13 3/4 in. (92.7 × 33.3 × 34.9 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.75.51
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Secretary, Martin Carlin and French, Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, ebonized holly, and other marquetry wood; brass; green-colored metal; gilt-bronze mounts; marble top. Soft paste porcelain plaques from the Sèvres Manufactory.
Secretary
Attributed to Martin Carlin
Sèvres Manufactory
various French
ca. 1781–85
Costume Armor in the Classical Style, Hallé French, Helmet: linen, papier-mâché, bole, gold leaf, graphite; tunic: silk, cotton, metal coils and spangles, metallic yarn, French, Paris
Costume Armor in the Classical Style
Helmet includes original paper label of Hallé
ca. 1788–90
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), Martin Carlin French, Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and sycamore; six Sèvres soft-paste porcelain plaques and two painted tin plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble shelves; moiré silk, French, Paris and Sèvres
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Attributed to Martin Carlin
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory
Decorator Central plaque decorated by Edme François Bouillat père
ca. 1776
Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias (1707–1724), Jean Drouart French, Steel, gold, brass, silk, cotton, metallic yarn, paper, French, Paris
Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias (1707–1724)
Armorer Signature probably refers to Jean Drouart
dated 1712
Cabinet, Sèvres Manufactory French, Oak, tulipwood, gilt bronze, soft-paste porcelain, marble, mirror glass, French, Paris and Sèvres
Cabinet
Multiple artists/makers
plaques 1761–65, cabinet ca. 1822

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