Museum collection · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 249232
Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays
Unknown maker, 1st–2nd century CE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- 1st–2nd century CE
- Medium
- Wood, bone, glass
- Dimensions
- 41 1/2 × 30 × 84 1/2 in. (105.4 × 76.2 × 214.6 cm) footstool: 9 1/4 × 17 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (23.5 × 44.5 × 64.8 cm)
- Era
- Museum collection
Why it matters
Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays, dated 1st–2nd century CE, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Wood, bone, glass. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are 41 1/2 × 30 × 84 1/2 in. (105.4 × 76.2 × 214.6 cm) footstool: 9 1/4 × 17 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (23.5 × 44.5 × 64.8 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.