American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Table
Portable Altar
Maker unknown · late 19th or early 20th century (12th century style)
Medium
Copper-gilt, enamel, rock crystal, cabochon, intaglio, filigree over wood core
Dimensions
Overall: 6 7/16 x 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (16.3 x 25.1 x 19.1 cm)
Accession
17.190.403
Credit line
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Culture
German
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