About this artwork
Carlo Bugatti’s strikingly original furniture relies on a combination of unorthodox materials and imaginative and Near and Far Eastern motifs. His eclecticism, use of complex construction methods, and individuality were recognized with a diploma of honor at the influential First International Exposition of Modern Decorative Arts in Turin in 1902.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Applied Arts of Europe
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Artist
- Carlo Bugatti
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Title
- Frame
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Place
- France (Object made in)
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Date
- 1895–1902
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Medium
- Vellum, hammered copper, pewter, walnut, beechwood, and ebonized beechwood
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Dimensions
- 106.7 × 90.8 × 4 cm (42 × 35 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of the Antiquarian Society Annual Tour 1974; Jessie Spalding Landon Fund
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Reference Number
- 1975.332
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Copyright
- © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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