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1982

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Cabinet Cabinet

This is a Cabinet. It was designed by Carlo Bugatti. It is dated 1890–1900 and we acquired it in 1982. Its medium is joined hardwood, sheet vellum, applied, cut, and molded copper ornaments, inlaid pewter, brass wire, sheet glass, textile tassels. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.

  • Tassel (Italy)
  • linen.
  • Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
  • 1962-51-14
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  • Picture Mirror, 2016
  • H x W x D: 61 × 45.7 × 20.3 cm (24 × 18 × 8 in.).
  • Lent by Hsing-Yin Liang.
  • 70.2017.1

Its dimensions are

150.2 x 73 x 37 cm (59 1/8 x 28 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed "Bugatti" in paint on vellum of proper left side of bottom shelf.

Cite this object as

Cabinet Cabinet; Designed by Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856 - 1940); Italy; joined hardwood, sheet vellum, applied, cut, and molded copper ornaments, inlaid pewter, brass wire, sheet glass, textile tassels; 150.2 x 73 x 37 cm (59 1/8 x 28 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1982-22-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Deconstructing Power : W. E. B. Du Bois at the 1900 World's Fair.

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