Cabriolet with Driver
Unknown Artist
mid-19th century
Medium
Figure, horse, and cabriolet of lampworked glass (opaque white, yellow, yellow-orange, green, dark green, blue, light blue, dark blue, brown, dark brown, transparent amber, and colorless), composition material, iron wire, wood, fabric. Assembled.
Dimensions
7.6 x 18.7 x 12.4 cm
Classification
Glass
Culture
probably French, possibly British
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.1574
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of mid-19th-century urban life with *Cabriolet with Driver a delightful miniature model from the Robert Lehman Collection at Metropolitan Museum of Art. intricate assemblage captures a horse-drawn cabriolet—a light, two-wheeled popular among the fashionable elite—with its driver at the reins. Measuring just 7.6 x 18.7 x 12.4 cm, the scene bursts with color: the horse, figures, and vehicle are fashioned from lampworked glass in opaque whites, vivid yellows and oranges, lush greens, striking blues, earthy browns, and transparent amber, all meticulously assembled with ...