1899

GX1993.81a,b

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 185; Larghezza: 70; Profondità: 70

noce con intarsi in legni e metalli diversi, rame sbalzato, pergamena

Signed on the base, as was the artist's custom, and dated on one of the doors “March 12, 1899,” the cabinet is decorated on the base by figurative elements typical, as in the case of dragonflies, of Bugatti's production, who had already participated in the 1898 National Exhibition in Turin, imposing his unprecedented style through Moorish-style furniture, inlaid and covered with parchment. The cabinet, the casket of which is internally wrapped in velvet, has four doors on the top with corolla openings and a central decoration with embossed copper circles; the base, on the other hand, develops vertically with an architectural structure enriched with naturalistic figurative elements, including dragonflies.