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Tabouret

c. 1907
designer

Carlo Bugatti

(Italian, 1856–1940)
Culture
France, Paris
Medium
Mahogany, parchment, gilt bronze, mother-of-pearl
Measurements
Overall: 69.8 x 61 x 44 cm (27 1/2 x 24 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Greg Manocherian 2025.193
Public Domain
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Did You Know?

Carlo Bugatti's son Ettore founded the luxurious car company Bugatti Automobiles.

Description

Although this tabouret is undocumented, its design, with its interlaced ovoid forms, gilt cast metal mounts, and mother-of-pearl inlays, is so close in style to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s celebrated tea table (1991.45) that it too can be assigned to Bugatti's Parisian period and dated about 1907.
A polished mahogany backless seat features a smooth, rectangular, off-white parchment cushion set between two tall, curved side supports. The warm brown wood frame transitions into four splayed legs ending in bright gold metal claw feet. Intricate cutout patterns of narrow ovals decorate the wood below the seat and within the side supports. Small iridescent and gold accents detail the joints, while the supports widen into flat, flared tops.

Tabouret

c. 1907

Carlo Bugatti

(Italian, 1856–1940)
France, Paris

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