Italy
Designed by Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856-1940)
Frame
INV-4894
Italy
Designed by Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856-1940)1895/1902
framewood
Date
1895/1902
Medium
Vellum, hammered copper, pewter, walnut, beechwood, and ebonized beechwood
Dimensions
106.7 × 90.8 × 4 cm (42 × 35 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of the Antiquarian Society Annual Tour 1974; Jessie Spalding Landon Fund
Carlo Bugatti's strikingly original furniture relies on a combination of unorthodox materials and imaginative and Near and Far Eastern motifs. His eclecticism, use of complex construction methods, and individuality were recognized with a diploma of honor at the influential First International Exposition of Modern Decorative Arts in Turin in 1902.
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