Flower Stand (Jardinière)
mounts and supports by Pierre Philippe Thomire (French, 1751–1843)
c. 1800
- Medium
- wood with gilt bronze mounts
- Classification
- Furniture and woodwork
- Dimensions
- Overall: 104.8 x 74.3 cm (41 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- France, early 19th Century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Thomire was the most productive and famous bronze caster in Paris around 1800. The border of this flower stand was cast from the same molds used for a centerpiece signed by Thomire; therefore, the stand can safely be presumed to have been produced by Thomire as well.
