Doorcase for the Great Drawing Room of Norfolk House, Saint James's Square, London
Medium
Mahogany and pine (carved, originally painted and gilded)
Dimensions
12 ft. 5 in. × 58 1/2 in. × 10 in. (378.5 × 148.6 × 25.4 cm) Ideal Door Opening should be:: 92 3/4 × 44 1/2 in. (235.6 × 113 cm)
Classification
Woodwork
Culture
British, London
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Accession Number
64.101.1212
About the Artist
Jean Antoine Cuenot|Giovanni Battista Borra (French|Italian) · 1663 |1713 –1763 |1770
French, active London 1744–1762, born Morteau near La Chaux de Fonds, died 1763|Italian (Turin), 1713–1770