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Vitrine (one of a pair)
Possibly designed by: Jules Buoy (French (active in the United States), 1872–1937)
about 1937
Object Place: Possibly Hartford, Connecticut
Medium/Technique
Nickle-plated metal, painted wood, glass
Dimensions
Overall (each): 172.72 x 77.15 x 46.36 cm (68 x 30 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2011.1650.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionOne of a pair of vitrines; Store cases made for G. Fox, a Hartford, CT department store
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)