Survey of Decorative Arts I - Fall 2007
	Week 10:  The Baroque in Italy and in France
1.  Baldacchino, St. Peters, Rome.  Design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.  Rome, begun 1624.  Bronze.
2.  Pier Table.  Design attributed to Johann Paul Schor.  Rome, about 1670.  Carved and gilt wood.  H: 55 15/16 x W: 88 1/2 x D: 33 7/16 inches.   J. Paul Getty Museum.
3. Tazza, unknown maker, mid 17th century.  Cristallo, Murano.  H. 14cm.  Glass Museum, Murano.
4.  "Visit of Louis XIV to the Gobelins, 1667."  Tapestry from the series, L'Histoire du Roi. Design by Charles Le Brun, circa. 1673.  Paris, Mobilier National.
5. Table, circa 1690.  Possibly by Claude Ballin and Nicolas Delauney.  Gilt wood with marble top.  42 x 72 1/8 x 38 1/8 in.  Chateau de Versailles.
6.  Bureau brisé, 1685.  Alexandre Jean Oppenord .  Oak, pine, walnut veneered with red tortoiseshell; engraved brass, ebony, and rosewood; gilt-bronze.  W. 41 ¾ inches.  Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
7.  Commode, Andre-Charles Boulle, circa 1710.  Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, and ebony on walnut; gilt-bronze mounts; marble.  H. 34 ½ inches.  Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
8.  "Offering to Bacchus" from the Berain Grotesques Tapestry Set.  Woven at Beauvais, designed by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer.  1689.  Wool and silk.  9 feet 7 inches x 6 feet 8 inches.  Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9.  Ewer.  Silver.  Anonymous, Paris.  1699-1700.  H. 10 ¾ inches.  Metropolitan Museum of Art.
10.  Triple spice or pepperbox.  Soft-paste porcelain.  St. Cloud.  H. 3 3/8 inches.  Metropolitan Museum of Art.