Permanent Collection Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
1980.12980 |
Collection |
Decorative Arts Collection |
Media Collection |
Furniture Collection |
Title |
Néo-Grec Cabinet with Sevrés Plaques |
Date |
Circa 1865 |
Artist |
Alexander Roux (1813-1886) |
Designer |
Alexander Roux (1813-1886) |
Description |
This Néo-grec-style cabinet was created by Alexander Roux (1813-1886), a French-born cabinetmaker active in New York from 1836 to 1881. Roux created elegant stylish furniture in the Gothic Revival, Elizabethan, Renaissance, Rococo, and in the Néo-grec style. Néo-grec was composite style incorporating Classical, Renaissance, and late-eighteenth-century Louis XVI motifs into a single design. While this cabinet resembles an Italian Renaissance credenza, its decorative elements, including the delicate incising, gilt-metal mounts, rich marquetry panels, and Sevrés porcelain plaques encircled by ormolu ribbons reflects Louis XVI and classical motifs. |
Medium |
Rosewood, Tulipwood, Cherry, Poplar, Pine, Brass, Porcelain |
Technique |
Carved, Marquetry |
Height (in) |
52.000 |
Width (in) |
74.000 |
Depth (in) |
18.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Néo-Grec |
Place of Origin |
New York CIty, New York, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Friends of Art |
People |
Purchase, Friends of Art Roux, Alexander |
Search Terms |
19th Century American Furniture Brass Medallions Cabinets Cattails Clothing / Dress Figures, Men Figures, Women Flowers Furniture Kisses Landscapes Marquetry Néo-Grec Porcelain Ribbons Sevrés Sèvres Manufactory (1740-Present) Wood |
Location |
On view in the Ayers Gallery, 2nd Floor |