About the Artwork
Coffer
16th century
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Italian
Italian
Ebony, glass, steel, silver and gold damascening, enamel and paint
Overall: 13 7/8 × 17 1/2 × 11 7/16 inches (35.2 × 44.5 × 29.1 cm)
Furniture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mrs. Owen R. Skelton
59.107
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Baron Charles Alexander de Cosson [1846–1929] (London, England)
(French & Co., New York, New York, USA)
1959-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Detroit Institute of Arts, DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, November 18, 1958 - January 4, 1959, cat. no. 429
Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, THE LIVELY ARTS OF THE RENAISSANCE, January 15, 1960, cat. no. 49
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Italian, Coffer, 16th century, ebony, glass, steel, silver and gold damascening, enamel and paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Owen R. Skelton, 59.107.
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