Vitrine (one of a pair)
Jules Buoy
(French (active in the United States), 1872–1937)
about 1937
Object PlacePossibly Hartford, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueNickle-plated metal, painted wood, glass
DimensionsOverall (each): 172.72 x 77.15 x 46.36 cm (68 x 30 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2011.1650.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceAbout 1937, designed and made for the interior of G. Fox Department Store, Hartford, Connecticut; by 1982, owned by Antiquers III, Brookline, Massachusetts; October 30, 1987, purchased from Antiquers III by John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the MFA; 2011, gift of John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)
about 1937
