Object Details
- Designer
- Hector Guimard, (French, 1867–1942)
- Founder
- Paul Philippon, French, active 1893 - 1919
- Description
- Gilt bronze frame with back plate with picture of the architect Hector Guimard (photo-reproduction). Arched top, sides and opening decorated with abstracted scrolling stem-like foliate forms in relief; hinged support made of bent gilt bronze wires on back plate.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard
- 1907
- Accession Number
- 1956-76-5-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Medium
- bronze, gold; photograph (modern reproduction)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (upright, flat, back support retracted): 26.5 x 17 x 2.7 cm (10 7/16 x 6 11/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
- H x W x D (upright, back support extended): 25.5 x 17 x 11.2 cm (10 1/16 x 6 11/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
- H x W (photo): 18 x 12.2 cm (7 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
- made in
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1956-76-5-a_b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44c1cae92-e862-4b4c-9a28-5dd5cd9ca3cb
