Jardinière
Medium
Gilt, silvered, and patinated copper and gilt bronze
Dimensions
5 1/8 x 15 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (13 x 40 x 28.3 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Bequest of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, Fletcher Fund, by exchange, Kennedy Fund, by exchange, and Rogers Fund, 1991
Accession Number
1991.88a, b
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the lavish world of 19th French decorative arts with *Jardinière*, a stunning planter crafted around 1878 by the skilled collaboration of designer Émile Reiber, the renowned silversmith firmofle & Cie, and metalworker Eugène Guign. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Sculpture and Decorative department, this piece exemplifies the era's obsession with exquisite metalwork, blending functionality with ornamental splendor. Measuring a compact 5⅛ × 15¾ × 11⅛ inches, it was designed to gracefully hold flowers, evoking the floral motifs tagged to its intricate design. The a...
About the Artist
Emile Reiber|Christofle & Cie|Eugène Guignard ( | | ) · 1826 | |1845 –1893 | |1893
1826–1893| |active 1845–ca. 1878, died 1893