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 number2011.1650.2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceDesigned 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)
