SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Incense burner (brûle-parfum)

Incense burner (brûle-parfum), ca. 1775, Gilded and marbelized oak and beech, gilt-bronze, copper, tin and tin-plating

Date: ca. 1775
Medium: Gilded and marbelized oak and beech, gilt-bronze, copper, tin and tin-plating
Dimensions: 40 × 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (101.6 × 47 × 47 cm)
Culture: French
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 1983.313a–c
Credit line: Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, by exchange, 1983

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