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Tea Table

Tea Table

c. 1907

Did You Know?

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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Artlens Exhibition 2019. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer).
    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).
    Carlo Bugatti. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (organizer) (April 9-July 15, 2001).
    Bugatti. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-September 19, 1999).
    Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).
    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).
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