Bookcase
Jacques Gruber
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Jacques Gruber (French, 1870–1936). Bookcase, ca. 1904. Mahogany, rosewood, oak, glass, and brass, 110 x 60 x 22 1/2 in. (279.4 x 152.4 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Restricted Income Fund, 71.77. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Maker
Title
Bookcase
Date
ca. 1904
Medium
Mahogany, rosewood, oak, glass, and brass
Classification
Dimensions
110 x 60 x 22 1/2 in. (279.4 x 152.4 x 57.2 cm)
Signatures
"J. Gruber '04"
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
no marks
Credit Line
Restricted Income Fund
Accession Number
71.77
Frequent Art Questions
What style is this?
This is a terrific example of Art Nouveau ("New Art"), which was a fashionable style for fine and decorative arts around the year 1900. Artists and designers were rejecting industrialization and looking to nature for inspiration; if you look at the base and top, you will see curving, organic forms that look like plants or perhaps bones. The objects displayed inside are also in the Art Nouveau style.
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