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Settee

Designer Designed by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema British, born The Netherlands
ca. 1885
Not on view
Part of a set of furniture designed for the music room in the New York residence of Henry G. Marquand on Madison Avenue at Sixty-eighth Street. Marquand was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum and its president from 1890 until 1902. The upholstery is modern: silkscreened designs were specially commissioned in an attempt to evoke the original richly embroidered panels of the settee's seat and back.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Settee
  • Designer: Designed by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden)
  • Manufacturer: Johnstone Norman & Co., London (active 1880–1900)
  • Date: ca. 1885
  • Culture: British, London
  • Medium: Ebony, box and sandalwood, cedar, ivory inlay, incrustations of mother-of-pearl and brass
  • Dimensions: Overall: 35 1/2 × 58 1/4 × 28 in. (90.2 × 148 × 71.1 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Elizabeth Love Godwin, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.219a
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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