Humidor
Decorative Arts and Design
This casket-form humidor, a humidity-controlled container for cigars, would have been a fashionable and thoroughly Modern Gothic accessory in a customer’s dining room or library. The metal mounts conform precisely to the object and emphasize its structure, and may have been custom fabricated by one of the various hardware retailers that Kimbel and Cabus regularly patronized for the metal elements used on their furniture forms.
MEDIUM
American black walnut, brass-plated nickel
DATES
ca. 1875
DIMENSIONS
8 1/8 × 18 × 10 1/4 in. (20.6 × 45.7 × 26 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
not signed
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
2017.7
CREDIT LINE
Purchase gift of Deedee and Barrie Wigmore
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Kimbel and Cabus (1863–1882). Humidor, ca. 1875. American black walnut, brass-plated nickel, 8 1/8 × 18 × 10 1/4 in. (20.6 × 45.7 × 26 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Deedee and Barrie Wigmore, 2017.7. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Gavin Ashworth, 2017.7_GavinAshworth.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2017.7_GavinAshworth.jpg. Gavin Ashworth, 2020
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