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Artist:
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Charles Chevallier
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Title:
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Desk
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Date:
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c. 1750
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Medium:
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Kingwood with gilt bronze mounts and leather top
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Dimensions:
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31 3/4 x 78 x 42 in. (80.65 x 198.12 x 106.68 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the Groves Foundation
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Location:
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Gallery 314
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Charles Chevallier was the younger brother of the cabinetmaker Jean Mathieu Chevallier (1694-1768), whose work is better known. Charles Chevallier, however, practiced in both the rococo and neo-classical styles with floral and geometric marquetry and veneers, and Asian lacquer panels. This bureau plat, or desk, is one of his more restrained designs in the rococo style with kingwood veneer and gilded bronze mounts.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Chevallier, Charles
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, about 1700-1771
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Furniture
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Physical Description:
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Bureau Plat, wood, ormulo mounts, leather top, French XVIIIc Cat. card dims H 32-1/4' x W 76' x 42', Charles Chevalier - furniture maker
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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81.35
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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