Designs for an Art Nouveau Table and Chair
19th century
Medium
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 12 5/8 x 16 7/16 in. (32 x 41.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harvey Smith, 1984
Accession Number
1984.1148.4
Tags
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...