Cabinet
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Decorative Art, 19th Century, 4th Floor
CULTURE
American
MEDIUM
Rosewood, mirrored glass, marble
DATES
ca.1855
DIMENSIONS
cabinet: 27 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 31 in. (69.2 x 39.4 x 78.7 cm)
"what-not" shelves: 39 x 30 1/8 in. (99.1 x 76.5 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
47.134.1
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Harriet H. White
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Three shelves with carved and pierced backs with horizontal oval mirrors (3) between each shelf, spiral front and back posts support each shelf. Carved fretwork cornice. Shelves resting on sienna colored marble top rectangular cabinet, spiral front posts on each side, hinged door with oval mirror, surrounded by carved and pierced frame. Interior of base contains shelves with partitions for music, lined with maple.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Decorative Art, 19th Century, 4th Floor
CAPTION
American. Cabinet, ca.1855. Rosewood, mirrored glass, marble, cabinet: 27 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 31 in. (69.2 x 39.4 x 78.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Harriet H. White, 47.134.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.134.1_acetate_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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