The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 44 (2009)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 44

"Peregrinations of a Lit à la Duchesse en Impériale by Georges Jacob": The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 44 (2009)

Kisluk-Grosheide, Daniëlle O.

2009

24 pages

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About the authors

Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide

Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide is the Henry R. Kravis Curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.

Daniëlle Grosheide

Met Art in Publication

The Swing, The Harvest, and Cherry Picking from a set of the Pastorals with Blue Draperies, Jean-Baptiste Huet I French, Wool, silk (21 warps per inch, 8 per cm.), French, Beauvais — The Swing, The Harvest, and Cherry Picking from a set of the Pastorals with Blue Draperies
Jean-Baptiste Huet I
designed ca. 1780, woven ca. 1782–90

Door from the Grand Salon in Hôtel de Belle Isle, Paris, Oak, painted white and gilded, French — Door from the Grand Salon in Hôtel de Belle Isle, Paris
ca. 1785

Commode, André Charles Boulle French, Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French — Commode
André Charles Boulle
ca. 1710–20

The Farnese Table, Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola Italian, Marble of different colors, semiprecious stones, Egyptian alabaster, residue of paint of different colors on the piers, Italian, Rome — The Farnese Table
Jacopo [Giacomo] Barozzi da Vignola
ca. 1565–73

Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire), Jean Henri Riesener French, Oak veneered with ebony and 17th-century Japanese lacquer; interiors veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and ebonized holly; gilt-bronze mounts; marble top; velvet (not original), French, Paris — Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire)
Jean Henri Riesener
1783

Oeuvres Diverses de Lalonde. Tome 2., Richard de Lalonde French, Engraving, etching — Oeuvres Diverses de Lalonde. Tome 2.
Richard de Lalonde
late 18th century

Bed steps (Marchepied de lit), Jean Baptiste Boulard French, Carved, painted and gilded beech and walnut; modern silk damask, French — Bed steps (Marchepied de lit)
Jean Baptiste Boulard
late 18th century

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