Étagère Cabinet
Object NameCurio Cabinet
MediumWood, Mahogany or rosewood
Dimensions57 × 47 × 23 in. (144.8 × 119.4 × 58.4 cm)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineGift of the Carrie Chapman Estate. In the permanent collection of the Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU83.214
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureChinese
Label TextÉtagère Cabinet (from Cook, Clarence. "The House Beautiful." North River Press: 1980, pp95-98.)
An étagère is a set of shelves. No shelf extends entirely across the space to be shelved, nor is there any upright partition dividing the shelves themselves. The object of the irregular arrangement is to avoid monotony and it gives to articles of different sizes and shapes. It is an ornamental upholder of the ornamental. Probably Chinese or Japanese. The wood is probably white pine.
This étagère belonged to Carrie Chapman Catt.
Markings0-
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Main Storage
Object Name: Magazine Pedestal Stand (#80)
Roycroft
1904-1910
Object number: 74.33.1
