Jewel coffer on stand (petit coffre à bijoux)

Michel-Gabriel Commelin|Martin Carlin|Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Jacques Pierre the Younger

Maker

Michel-Gabriel Commelin|Martin Carlin|Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Jacques Pierre the Younger

Date

ca. 1770

Medium

Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, stained sycamore, holly, and ebonized holly; thirteen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original)

Dimensions

37 1/2 x 21 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (95.3 x 55.2 x 36.8cm)

Form

Stand

Culture

French, Paris and Sèvres

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

58.75.41

Credit line

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958