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Escritório e estante de livros

ca. 1811
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 723
Peça única entre os móveis de estilo federal americano que chegou até nossos dias, esta mesa e estante em forma de H se inspira diretamente no móvel Sister’s Cylinder Directory, placa 38 do livro Cabinet Directory (1803) do carpinteiro inglês Thomas Sheraton. Neste caso, o carpinteiro substituiu a frente cilíndrica retrátil por uma mesa de escritório retangular de frente retrátil entre dois pedestais. Os painéis das portas, feitos de vidro pintado e dourado, estão decorados com donzelas gregas com túnicas ao estilo antigo marcando passos de dança. As imagens decorativas, a simetria, a abstração geométrica e o uso de mogno e dourado (com madeiras de cores contrastantes) fazem desta mesa uma das mais brilhantes adaptações do estilo neoclássico ao mobiliário americano.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Escritório e estante de livros
  • Data: ca. 1811
  • Geografia: Baltimore, Maryland
  • Meio: Mogno, cetim, bordo, vidro églomisé com cedro
  • Dimensões: 231,1 x 182,9 x 48,6 cm
  • Linha de créditos: Doação da Sra. Russell Sage e outros doadores, por intercâmbio, 1969
  • Número de acesso: 69.203
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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