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Bookcase with doors
Carving attributed to: Domingo Gutiérrez (Venezuelan (born in the Canary Islands, Spain), 1709–1793)
about 1770–1780
Object Place: Caracas, Venezuela
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, brass
Dimensions
Overall: 170.2 × 115.6 × 34.3 cm (67 × 45 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in memory of Carmen and Alfredo Machado
Accession Number2017.85
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceAgustín Aveledo (b. 1837 – d. 1926), Caracas, Venezuela [see note 1]. By 1966, Alfredo Machado Gómez, Caracas; by descent to Carmen Zingg de Machado, Caracas and to Teresa M. Machado, Caracas; 1998, sold by Teresa Machado to Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Caracas; 2017, gift of the Colección Cisneros to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 2017)
NOTES:
[1] Provenance information is taken from Carlos F. Duarte, Muebles venezolanos: siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII, Caracas: Grupo Editor Cuatro, 1966, 112.
NOTES:
[1] Provenance information is taken from Carlos F. Duarte, Muebles venezolanos: siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII, Caracas: Grupo Editor Cuatro, 1966, 112.