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Étagère

Julius Dessoirca. 1855

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Table is oval half-round in shape, supported on four scroll legs. Curved stretcher with openwork crest. Shaped plinth surmounted by two shelves of graduated size with shaped profile edges, supported on pierced fretwork brackets. Back of two upper shelves fitted with mirror glass. Top of second shelf surmounted by scrollwork with central escutcheon and high relieffemale head. Finial above head missing. Central drawer on table front, with front panel carved with arabesques and grape clusters. Interior of drawer of maple, with rectangular brass locking device.

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  • Title: Étagère
  • Creator: Julius Dessoir
  • Creator Lifespan: 1842/1865
  • Date Created: ca. 1855
  • Physical Dimensions: w1510 x h1605 x d630 cm
  • Type: Étagère
  • Rights: Gift of Anonymous Donor
  • Medium: Rosewood, maple, glass mirror, brass
  • Markings: Marks: Stencilled in black in interior of drawer: "Julius Dessoir / Manufacturer /543 / Broadway / New York " in side dotted oval lozenge.
  • Exhibitions: "Rococo: The Continuing Curve," Cooper-Hewitt, New York, 3/6/08-7/7/08
  • Dimensions: H x W x D: 160.5 x 151 x 63cm (63 3/16 x 59 7/16 x 24 13/16in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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