Table with Double-Dragon Design / Artist Unknown, Korea
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.108
- Title
- Table with Double-Dragon Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- mother-of-pearl inlays on lacquered wood
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stuart and Barbara Hilbert
- Dimensions
- 36.7 cm x 100 cm x 70.49 cm (14 7/16 in. x 39 3/8 in. x 27 3/4 in.)
- Physical Description
- The rectangular table has shaped aprons and a reveal-moulded top above tour squared cbriole legs. The red/brown lacquer finish is heavily inlaid in mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell, two colors of shagreen and brass wire. It is also decorated with gold dust. Motifs on the top include writhing dragons, Taoist yin-yang symbold and a border with repeats of auspicious objects. The aprons repeat the symbols of the borders.
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- support furniture
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2009/2.108
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.108/ri2009_108.jpg
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"Table with Double-Dragon Design; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.108/ri2009_108.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024.