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Source Description
Although this is a French piece, the central lacquer panel is of Japanese origin and shows Mount Fuji and autumn grasses. The border, also Japanese, is decorated with autumnal vegetation. The piece recalls 18th-century furniture, which was a popular style in revival pieces for much of the 19th century.During the 1890s, great American collectors such as Pierpont Morgan, William T. and Henry Walters, and Henry Clay Frick, demanded museum quality pieces with which to furnish their townhouses and country mansions. Parisian decorating and furniture firms such as Etienne-Simon-Eugene Roudillon, Jacques Seligmann & Co. and Duveen & Co. had offices in New York to cater to wealthy American clients.
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Document identity
localId
36417
label
Cabinet
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
36417
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Cabinet
description
Although this is a French piece, the central lacquer panel is of Japanese origin and shows Mount Fuji and autumn grasses. The border, also Japanese, is decorated with autumnal vegetation. The piece recalls 18th-century furniture, which was a popular style in revival pieces for much of the 19th century.During the 1890s, great American collectors such as Pierpont Morgan, William T. and Henry Walters, and Henry Clay Frick, demanded museum quality pieces with which to furnish their townhouses and country mansions. Parisian decorating and furniture firms such as Etienne-Simon-Eugene Roudillon, Jacques Seligmann & Co. and Duveen & Co. had offices in New York to cater to wealthy American clients.
provenance
Purchased by William T. Walters, or Henry Walters, New York, after 1890 [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The cabinet formed part of the furnishings for 5 West Mount Vernon Place, the Walters' Baltimore townhouse. It is likely the piece listed in the 1930s inventory of the house as #796 ""Japanese lacquer writing desk."" Some of its previous contents (WAM 54.27-54.465) can be linked to Henry Walters, which perhaps suggests that this cabinet belonged to him, rather than William. T. Walters.
date
ca. 1890
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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secrétaires
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
136
height
77.8
depth
40.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 53 9/16 × W: 30 5/8 × D: 15 7/8 in. (136 × 77.8 × 40.3 cm)
Source extras
style
Louis XVI
inscriptions
[Stamp] E. Renault & Cie.; [Stamps] On reverse in four corners: Mson. Roudillon / Alavoine & Co. / Paris; [Inscription] On underside of interior draws: GAUCHE 1-7
DROITE 1-7; [Inscription] On back of piece in pencil: EM/3391; [Paper label] tacked to back of piece: 202
med
veneered wood, gilded metal, velvet, Japanese lacquer
creator_ids
33739
33738
4887
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
3300
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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8d26657b65454d2c
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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9172ab7ff16e4665
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no
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no