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Centerpiece, or Jardinière
c. 1830–1850
- Medium
- gilt bronze with enamel flowers
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36.7 x 31 x 17.5 cm (14 7/16 x 12 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.); with flowers: 51 x 38.2 x 26.4 cm (20 1/16 x 15 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- France, Paris
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Bequest of Nicholas J. Velloney
- 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
Regrettably, a maker's mark does not appear on this piece: thus the factory that made it remains unknown. Nevertheless, its design, castings, and gilding are of fine quality and indicate that it is the product of a group of talented craftsmen who worked in the robust taste of the second quarter of the 19th century.
