Detail View: The AMICA Library: Double-Barrel Percussion Shotgun
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1993.415
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Brun, J.C.A.
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Made by J.C.A. Brun, (active 1849-1872)
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Creator Name:
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Fannière Brothers
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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Designers and iron-chiselers
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Designed by Fannières Brothers
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Creator Name:
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Tissot, James
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Engraved by Tissot
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Title:
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Double-Barrel Percussion Shotgun
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1866
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Creation Start Date:
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1866
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Creation End Date:
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1866
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Materials and Techniques:
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Steel, walnut, gold
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Classification Term:
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Arms
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Dimensions:
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L. 40 1/8 in. (112 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1993.415
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, The Sulzberger Foundattion Inc. Gift and Rogers Fund; Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors,Gift of William H. Riggs, The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, and Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., by exchange; and gifts and funds from various donors, 1993
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Rights:
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Context:
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The Second Empire (1852-70) marked the twilight of French gunmaking, which had dominated the design of European firearms since the seventeenth century. Parisian gunmakers consistently employed the finest contemporary designers, silversmiths, sculptors, and engravers to transform sporting arms into works of art. This exquisitely decorated shotgun reflects the period's predilection for historical revivals, in this case the Louix XV style. Especially noteworthy is the harmonious combination of Rococo ornamental vocabulary and the blue and gold coloring on the barrels, which together evoke eighteenth-century taste. Exhibited by Brun at the Exposition Universelle of 1867, the gun is actually a collaborative work by several of the leading artists and craftsmen of the time: the damascus twist barrels are by Leopold Bernard; the overall design and the intricately chiseled steel mounts are by the silversmiths Auguste and Joseph Fannières; and the delicate engravings on the barrels and mounts, encrusted in two-color gold, are by the engraver Tissot. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.aa1993.415.R.tif
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