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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Sommer, Hans Daniel Creator Nationality: European; Northern European; German Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1643 - 1685 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Hans Daniel Sommer Title: Center Table View: front Creation Start Date: 1670 Creation End Date: 1690 Creation Date: about 1680 Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Classification Term: Furniture Materials and Techniques: marquetry of tortoise shell,brass,pewter,hardstone, ebony, horn, mother-of-pearl Dimensions: H.32 x W.41 x D.27 in. AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ID Number: 80.55 Credit Line: Gift of Funds from Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Bean and the John R. Van Derlip Fund Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html Context: Hans Daniel Sommer was from a family of German cabinetmakers, many of whom had worked in France and were well versed in the elaborate decorative techniques favored by the French court. Sommer established his own workshop in western Germany in the 1660s and made ornate baroque furniture for the German nobility. Sommer specialized in marquetry--thin, decorative veneers made from various materials. He created the arabesques, or scrolling patterns, found at the center of this tabletop from pewter and tortoiseshell. Laying thin sheets of the two materials on top of each other, he cut them out together, with the aid of a paper pattern, to ensure that the designs would match when assembled. The table, which would have stood in the center of a room, has a decorative border formed from pieces of hard stone, brass, and ebony, and figures made from mother-of-pearl. Acquired in 1980 80.55 AMICA ID: MIA_.80.55 Component Measured: overall Measurement Unit: in AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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