Etagere
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Object Label
This étagère, which served dual functions as a mirror and a display piece for small art objects, takes its shape from a pointed Gothic arch. Embellished with elaborate tracery, crockets, and finials, the étagère exemplifies an early phase of the Gothic Revival, when designers applied architectural aspects directly to furniture forms.
Caption
Etagere, ca. 1845–1855. Rosewood veneer, wood, paint, tin-mercury amalgam mirrored glass, marble, steel hardware , 81 × 33 5/16 × 13 1/2 in. (205.7 × 84.6 × 34.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 76.101. (Photo: Gavin Ashworth)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Etagere
Date
ca. 1845–1855
Geography
Possible place manufactured: New York, United States
Medium
Rosewood veneer, wood, paint, tin-mercury amalgam mirrored glass, marble, steel hardware
Classification
Dimensions
81 × 33 5/16 × 13 1/2 in. (205.7 × 84.6 × 34.3 cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
no marks
Credit Line
H. Randolph Lever Fund
Accession Number
76.101
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