Table
19th century, after 18th century original
Medium
Electroformed copper, gilt, yellow marble
Dimensions
Overall: 35 1/2 × 17 × 17 in. (90.2 × 43.2 × 43.2 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Electrotype
Culture
British, Birmingham, after French original
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883
Accession Number
83.18.192
Tags
About the Artist
Elkington & Co.|Pierre Antoine Bellangé · 1829–1963
Elkington & Co. was the Birmingham firm that transformed the production of decorative metalwork by commercializing electroplating — a process that made silver-quality objects accessible to a vastly wider public. The company was established by George Richards Elkington (1801–1865) and his cousin Henry Elkington during the 1830s, initially trading as G. R. Elkington & Co. A crucial turning point cam...