The Juno Cabinet by Bruce James Talbert 1838-1881

The Juno Cabinet

Designer: Bruce James Talbert, 1838-1881

Manufacturer: Jackson & Graham

1878

Ebony inlaid with ivory, mother-of-pearl, abalone shell and various woods.

91 inches (231 cm); width: 81 1/4 inches (206 cm.); depth: 20 3/4 inches (53 cm)

Exhibited: Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1878, by Messrs Jackson & Graham.

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The Art Journal illustrated Catalogue states: “the inlays [of the "Juno" cabinet] are in meny coses so fine as to present the appearance of delicate pencilled work and to crown the whole the workmanship is so perfect that even with the aid of a powerful magnifying glass scarcely the slightest imperfection is to be found anywhere. In addition to the inlaying. some of which is solid, much of the ivory is engraved in the most delicate manner.”

Talbert's obituarist in the Cabinet Maker & Art Furnisher said "the 'Juno Cabinet' . . . was most enthusiastically commended by all the critics, home and foreign; one authority declared it to be 'the finest object in cabinet work exhibited at Paris.'" [Architect-Designers from Pugin to Mackintosh.]

References

Architect-Designers from Pugin to Mackintosh. Exhibition catalogue. London: The Fine Art Society with Haslam & Whiteway Ltd., 1981. No. 33.

Last modified 19 July 2015