table
Object NameTable and Cut Glass Boat
Manufacturer
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
Made FromLead glass, Ormolu, Metal, Marble
Datetable made in 1889; boat made in 1900
TechniqueBlown, pressed, cut, assembled
SizeTable H: 167 cm, L: 160 cm
Accession Number79.3.155
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass of the Maharajahs: European Cut Glass Furnishings for Indian Royalty
Interpretive NotesGlass furniture became more popular and complex in the late 1800s. Factories competed to produce elaborate objects for display at world’s fairs. Baccarat first exhibited large glass furniture at the Paris exposition of 1878. Its spectacular display at that exposition was shown in a gallery called the Salon of the Thousand and One Nights. The products of this French company set the tone for design and execution of European glass for decades to come. The table was one of four made by the company in 1889. The cut glass boat was designed for Baccarat by the sculptor Charles Vital-Cornu (1851-1927) in 1900, and it was displayed with the table for the first time at the 1900 world’s fair in Paris.
France, Baccarat
Provenance
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1850-1900
1875-1900
1740-1750