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Tea Table

c. 1907

cabinetmaker

Carlo Bugatti

(Italian, 1856-1940)

France, Paris, early 20th Century

Inlaid wood (mahogany?), cast and gilded bronze mounts, inlays of ivory or bone, metal, and mother-of-pearl (marine mussels or pearl oysters)

Overall: 71.5 x 67.1 x 41.3 cm (28 1/8 x 26 7/16 x 16 1/4 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1991.45

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Carlo Bugatti's sons achieved illustrious careers of their own. Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916) became a celebrated sculptor, and Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947) manufactured luxurious automobiles and racing cars.

Description

Luxurious materials might catch the eye first, but a closer look reveals the imaginary creatures that adorn the surface of this table. Featuring elaborate arches, a favorite motif that appeared throughout Bugatti's furniture, this fantastical imagery is a window into the designer's expressive imagination.

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Carlo Bugatti

active in France after c. 1902.

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signed in ligature in white metal inlay on central shelf: Bugatti.

Provenance

c. 1907-c. 1956

First owned by Mrs. Anna Blake [d. 1956] who took it to Cape Town, South Africa.

c. 1956-1965

Inherited by her son Robert da Costa Blake.

1965

His sale Kirkcaldzs, Cape Town, South Africa, 24 May 1965, lot 34.

until c. 1991

Private collection, South Africa

(Galerie Moderne, Ltd., London)

1991-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

L'Art Decoratif 25, no. 1 (June 1911). Mentioned P 307 library.clevelandart.org

Duncan, J. Alastair. "The Silver of Carlo Bugatti," The Magazine Antiques 136, no. 6, (December 1989): 1344-55. Reproduced P 157 library.clevelandart.org

Hawley, Henry. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 82 www.jstor.org

Hawley, Henry. "Some Furniture and Silver of Carlo Bugatti." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 5 (1992): 130-43. Reproduced: cover, p. 137-39; Mentioned: p. 130-43 www.jstor.org

Hawley, Henry H., Véronique Fromanger Des Cordes, and Mickey Mishne. Bugatti. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned & reproduced P 27, cat. no. 40, fig. 39A-B library.clevelandart.org

May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Mentioned & reproduced PP 55-6 library.clevelandart.org

Massé, Marie-Madeleine. Carlo Bugatti au Musée d'Orsay: catalogue sommaire illustré du fonds d'archives et des collections. Paris, France: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001. Exh. Cat. No. 139, Pg. 41; Repr. Pg. 41

Fromanger, Véronique. Rembrandt Bugatti Sculpteur: Répertoire Monographique. Paris: L'Amateur, 2009. Mentioned P 8, fig. 69 library.clevelandart.org

Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine J. Falino. Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. Mentioned & reproduced PP 35-6, 57, 324-5, cat. no. 9 library.clevelandart.org

Piña, Leslie A. Furniture in History, 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010. Mentioned P 30 library.clevelandart.org

Franklin, David, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with, New York, NY: Scala Publishers, 2012. Reproduced & Discussed: Pgs. 295-295 library.clevelandart.org

Bidwell, Frederick E., and Leslie Cade. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014. Reproduced & Discussed: Pg. 144

Exhibition history

Possibly exhibited at the Galerie Hebrard, Paris, France (1907).

Possibly exhibited at the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna, Turin, Italy (May 10-November 10, 1902).

Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).

Bugatti. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 18-September 19, 1999).

Carlo Bugatti. Musée d'Orsay, 75343 Paris, France (organizer) (April 9-July 15, 2001).

Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 31, 2009).

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