Surtout de Table (Table centerpiece)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810
name: label: Maker
content: Pierre-Philippe Thomire, French, 1751 - 1843
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Centerpiece consisting of two urn-shaped freestanding gilt bronze candelabra, two bowls on pedestals, one large bowl supported by three female figures on pedestal, and eight gilt bronze and glass tiered stands, all arranged on five-section gilt-bronze and mirrored oval plateau; ten gilt bronze female figures in classical garb inserted at points in rim of plateau where sections are joined by architectonic pedestals. Figures typical of personages in the joyful chorus of a vintage celebration. Example of Thomire's production of classical themes of Greek origin in design. Companion objects for table: four short oval stands on rectangular bases, six short circular stands on square bases.
label: Description
content: Glass 2-tiered dishes: (u and w); Urn-shaped candelabra bases (-hh and -jj); Four-arm candelabra tops (-ii and -kk); Bowls on pedestals: (-ll and -mm); Center piece with three figures: (-nn); Pedestals (-pp/-ww); Figures for pedestals (-f and -o): Women wrapped in shawls ( -g and -n); Women with chalices ( -h and -f); Women with wreaths (- o and -i); Women with instruments ( -k and -j); Women with wheat sheafs (-m and -l).
label: Description
content: Companion objects: Oval stands (-x/ -aa); Circular stands: (-bb/-gg).
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Reverend Alfred Duane Pell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1991-31-1-a/ww
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Surtout de Table (Table centerpiece)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Cast and gilt bronze with hand engraving, cut glass, silvered-mirrored glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (assembled, overall): 76.2 x 327.7 x 77.5 cm (30 x 129 x 30 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Plateau sections:
label: Dimensions
content: (-1a) H x W x D: 16.8 x 57.2 x 69.9 cm (6 5/8 x 22 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: (-1b) H x W x D: 17.1 x 55. 9 x 69.7 cm (6 3/4 x 22 x 27 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: (-1c) H x W x D: 17.8 x 71.9 x 70. 2 cm (7 x 28 5/16 x 27 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: (-1d) H x W x D: 17.8 x 71.8 x 70.2 cm (7 x 28 1/4 x 27 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: (-1e) H x W x D: 18.3 x 71.8 x 70 cm (7 3/16 x 28 1/4 x 27 9/16 in.)
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content: Figures:
label: Dimensions
content: g & n: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: n & f: