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Miniature cabinet or house altar

Designer Reinhold Vasters German
ca. 1876–95
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 542

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Miniature cabinet or house altar
  • Designer: Reinhold Vasters (German, Erkelenz 1827–1909 Aachen)
  • Date: ca. 1876–95
  • Culture: probably French
  • Medium: Ebonized fruitwood and enameled gold
  • Dimensions: Height: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.133
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Tabernacle House Altar with the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Annunciation.
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Commode, André Charles Boulle French, Walnut veneered with ebony, marquetry of engraved brass and tortoiseshell, gilt-bronze mounts, verd antique marble, French
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Pendant in the form of a mermaid, Reinhold Vasters German, Baroque pearl with enameled gold mounts set with diamonds and with pendant pearls, German or French
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