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Source Description
Luxurious materials might catch the eye first, but a closer look reveals the imaginary creatures that adorn the surface of this table. Featuring elaborate arches, a favorite motif that appeared throughout Bugatti's furniture, this fantastical imagery is a window into the designer's expressive imagination.
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156112
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Tea Table
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156112
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object
title
Tea Table
description
Luxurious materials might catch the eye first, but a closer look reveals the imaginary creatures that adorn the surface of this table. Featuring elaborate arches, a favorite motif that appeared throughout Bugatti's furniture, this fantastical imagery is a window into the designer's expressive imagination.
date
c. 1907
citation
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CC0
language
en
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Q60779075
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15830
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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Overall: 71.5 x 67.1 x 41.3 cm (28 1/8 x 26 7/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
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France, Paris
accession
1991.45
Source extras
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inlaid wood (mahogany?), cast and gilded bronze mounts, inlays of ivory or bone, metal, and mother-of-pearl (marine mussels or pearl oysters)
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Tea Table, c. 1907. Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856–1940). Inlaid wood (mahogany?), cast and gilded bronze mounts, inlays of ivory or bone, metal, and mother-of-pearl (marine mussels or pearl oysters); overall: 71.5 x 67.1 x 41.3 cm (28 1/8 x 26 7/16 x 16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1991.45
collection
Furniture
inscriptions
inscription
signed in ligature in white metal inlay on central shelf: Bugatti.
relatedWorks
id
156113
description
Salver, c. 1907. Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856–1940), Adrien-Aurélien Hebrard (French, 1866–1937). Gilt silver and ivory; overall: 14.6 x 33 cm (5 3/4 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1991.46
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150156
description
Tea and Coffee Service, c. 1907. Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856–1940), Adrien-Aurélien Hebrard (French, 1866–1937). Gilt silver and ivory. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection, 1980.74
didYouKnow
Carlo Bugatti's sons achieved illustrious careers of their own. Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916) became a celebrated sculptor, and Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947) manufactured luxurious automobiles and racing cars.
citations
citation
<em>L'Art Decoratif</em> 25, no. 1 (June 1911).
page_number
Mentioned P 307
citation
Duncan, J. Alastair. "The Silver of Carlo Bugatti," <em>The Magazine Antiques </em>136, no. 6, (December 1989): 1344-55.
page_number
Reproduced P 157
citation
Hawley, Henry. "Notable Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147.
page_number
Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 82
citation
Hawley, Henry. "Some Furniture and Silver of Carlo Bugatti." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 5 (1992): 130-43.
page_number
Reproduced: cover, p. 137-39; Mentioned: p. 130-43
citation
Hawley, Henry H., Véronique Fromanger Des Cordes, and Mickey Mishne. <em>Bugatti</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced P 27, cat. no. 40, fig. 39A-B
citation
May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley.<em> Knockouts: A Pocket Guide</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced PP 55-6
citation
Massé, Marie-Madeleine. <em>Carlo Bugatti au Musée d'Orsay: catalogue sommaire illustré du fonds d'archives et des collections</em>. Paris, France: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001.
page_number
Exh. Cat. No. 139, Pg. 41; Repr. Pg. 41
citation
Fromanger, Véronique. <em>Rembrandt Bugatti Sculpteur: Répertoire Monographique</em>. Paris: L'Amateur, 2009.
page_number
Mentioned P 8, fig. 69
citation
Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine J. Falino. <em>Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced PP 35-6, 57, 324-5, cat. no. 9
citation
Piña, Leslie A. <em>Furniture in History, 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D.</em> Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010.
page_number
Mentioned P 30
citation
Franklin, David, and C. Griffith Mann.<em> Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with, New York, NY: Scala Publishers, 2012.
page_number
Reproduced & Discussed: Pgs. 295-295
citation
Bidwell, Frederick E., and Leslie Cade. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014.
page_number
Reproduced & Discussed: Pg. 144
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Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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Michael J. Horvitz Family Gallery
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Decorative Art and Design
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inlaid wood (mahogany?), cast and gilded bronze mounts, inlays of ivory or bone, metal, and mother-of-pearl (marine mussels or pearl oysters)
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