Display cabinet
On View In:
Gallery 378
Artist:   Ernest Archibald Taylor  
Title:   Display cabinet  
Date:   c. 1898  
Medium:   Mahogany, glass, mother-of-pearl, abalone shell, brass, velvet  
Dimensions:   68 1/2 x 36 x 17 1/4in. (174 x 91.4 x 43.8cm)  
Credit Line:   The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesota  
Location:   Gallery 378  

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Taylor, Ernest Archibald  
Role:   Designer  
Nationality:   Scottish  
Life Dates:   Scottish, 1874-1951  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:    
Classification:   Furniture  
Physical Description:   Two glazed doors separated by a central panel decorated with a stylized floral motif in marquetry of various colored woods inlaid with mother-of-pearl and abalone shell, the brass door handles with circular enamelled plaques; original finish intact; fitted with green velvet interior; arrived with key  
Creation Place:   Europe, Scotland, , ,  
Accession #:   98.276.82  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts