Decorative Arts & Design
Tea Table
MetalworkFurniture
Details
- Author / creator
- Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856–1940)
- Object type
- Furniture
- Date or period
- c. 1907
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 71.5 × 67.1 × 41.3 cm
- Maker or workshop
- Carlo Bugatti
- Period / style
- Art Nouveau
- Place of origin
- France
- Acquisition method
- Bequest
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by the Pemberton family, 1991
About this object
Luxurious materials might catch the eye first, but a closer look reveals the imaginary creatures that adorn the surface of this table. Featuring elaborate arches, a favorite motif that appeared throughout Bugatti's furniture, this fantastical imagery is a window into the designer's expressive imagination.
Materials and technique
Inlaid wood (mahogany?), cast and gilded bronze mounts, inlays of ivory or bone, metal, and mother-of-pearl (marine mussels or pearl oysters)
Signature and marks
signed in ligature in white metal inlay on central shelf: Bugatti.
