Kabinett

Designed by Jean Brandely French
 Woodwork by Charles-Guillaume Diehl French
 Mounts and large central plaque by Emmanuel Frémiet French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556

Als der Prototyp für dieses Kabinett, das sich heute im Pariser Musée d'Orsay befindet, 1867 auf der Pariser Exposition Universelle ausgestellt wurde, waren die Reaktionen im Allgemeinen nicht gefällig. Diehl muss dennoch mit dem Ergebnis zufrieden gewesen sein, da er noch ein nahezu identisches Stück, das hier abgebildete, für sich selbst anfertigte. Unkonventionell was sowohl Form als auch Verzierung angeht, verfügt das Kabinett über eine Mitteltafel, die eine legendäre Vergangenheit heraufbeschwört und einen starken Sinn für den französischen Nationalismus ausdrückt. Sie zeigt den Triumph König Merowechs nach dessen Sieg 451 über Attila den Hunnen. Merowech steht auf einem Wagen, dessen Lenker die Ochsen über die Leichen gefallener Feinde treibt.

Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris

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Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris
Cabinet, Designed by Jean Brandely (French, active 1855–67), Oak veneered with cedar, walnut, ebony and ivory; silvered-bronze mounts, French, Paris

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