Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Giraffe (Carousel Figure)
Giraffe (Carousel Figure)

Giraffe (Carousel Figure)

Gustav A. Dentzel Carousel Co. (active 1867–1928)
about 1892
Object PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Medium/TechniqueCarved poplar with original polychrome decoration; glass eyes
DimensionsFigure Overall: 195.6 × 116.8 × 30.5 cm (77 × 46 × 12 in.)
Old Platform Mount: 50.8 × 127 cm (20 × 50 in.)
Credit LineGift of Larry and Gail Freels
Accession number2017.4
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenancePurchased by Larry Freels, Walnut Creek, CA; 2017, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Freels to the MFA.
Carousel Figure of a Pig
Carousel Figure of a Pig
Gustav A. Dentzel Carousel Co.
about 1905
Image Not Available for Outside Row Standing Horse (Carousel Figure)
Outside Row Standing Horse (Carousel Figure)
Daniel Müller
about 1914
Restricted: For reference only; Saddle
Greyhound (Carousel Figure)
Charles I. D. Looff
about 1905–10
Restricted: For reference only
Cabinet
Herter Brothers
about 1880
Detail: Byrdcliffe emblem
Cabinet
Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony
1902–05
Image Not Available for Lion (Carousel Figure)
Lion (Carousel Figure)
Philadelphia Toboggan Company
about 1899
Weather cock
Weather cock
Thomas Drowne
about 1772
Desk and bookcase
Desk and bookcase
Anthony G. Quervelle
about 1830
Decoy: Black Duck
Decoy: Black Duck
A. Elmer Crowell
1890–1915
Stomacher
Stomacher
early 18th century
Image Not Available for Dance mask
Dance mask
early 20th–mid 20th century
Group shot: 1982.507-508
"Danko" side chair
Peter Danko
1975