Settee

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema|Johnstone Norman & Co., London

ca. 1885 · Ebony, box and sandalwood, cedar, ivory inlay, incrustations of mother-of-pearl and brass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Part of a set of furniture designed for the music room in the New York residence of Henry G. Marquand on Madison Avenue at Sixty-eighth Street. Marquand was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum and its president from 1890 until 1902. The upholstery is modern: silkscreened designs were specially commissioned in an attempt to evoke the original richly embroidered panels of the settee's seat and back.

Artist

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema|Johnstone Norman & Co., London

Date

ca. 1885

Medium

Ebony, box and sandalwood, cedar, ivory inlay, incrustations of mother-of-pearl and brass

Culture

British, London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Elizabeth Love Godwin, 1975