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Side table
(c. 1900)
- Medium
- ebonised wood, pewter, brass
- Measurements
- 39.2 × 37.1 × 37.1 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Milan, Italy
- Accession Number
- 2015.155
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds provided by Peter and Ivanka Canet, 2015 - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Carlo Bugatti’s idiosyncratic design language drew inspiration from a range of sources, including the Islamic art traditions of North Africa and design from China and Japan. On this ebonised wooden side table, Bugatti uses pewter-inlayed ornament whose forms are clearly inspired by characters from Chinese and Japanese scripts; the individual motifs, however, are completely of Bugatti’s own creation and are meaningless as text.