Chest
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Unidentified maker
Medium
Pine
Geography
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Canada
Date
c. 1880-1890
Dimensions
72.0 (height) x 120.3 (width) x 61.6 (depth) cm
Object number
963.201.1
Credit Line
Gift of the Sigmund Samuel Endowment Fund
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Canada
Description
This piece originated in a Francophone region of Quebec. However, the motifs—such as the claw-and-ball feet and the fan motifs—belong to a bygone English furniture vocabulary. The recumbent lions also have an English flavour. This is a highly personalized interpretation of these motifs, and therein lies much of its visual appeal.
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