Description
Carlo Bugatti's strikingly original furniture relies on a combination of unorthodox materials and imaginative and Near and Far Eastern motifs. His eclecticism, use of complex construction methods, and individuality were recognized with a diploma of honor at the influential First International Exposition of Modern Decorative Arts in Turin in 1902.
Accession Number
48946
Medium
Vellum, hammered copper, pewter, walnut, beechwood, and ebonized beechwood
Dimensions
106.7 × 90.8 × 4 cm (42 × 35 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
Classification
frame
Credit Line
Gift of the Antiquarian Society Annual Tour 1974; Jessie Spalding Landon Fund
