Jewel coffer on stand (petit coffre à bijoux)

Martin Carlin|Sèvres Manufactory|Michel-Gabriel Commelin

Maker

Martin Carlin|Sèvres Manufactory|Michel-Gabriel Commelin

Date

ca. 1775

Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Form

Stand

Culture

French, Paris and Sèvres

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

58.75.42

Credit line

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958