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Bird cage in the form of a circus wagon Birdcage
This is a Birdcage. It is dated 18th century and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is painted metal wire, sheet metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Birdcage in the form of a circus wagon
France, 18th century
Painted metal wire, sheet metal
Gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter, 1945-31-2-a,b
In eighteenth-century France, the demand for birdcages was significant enough--both Louis XV and Louis XVI commissioned elaborate birdcages to be placed amoung the orange trees in the garden at Versailles--to necessitate the forming of royally chartered guilds (cageiolers) to control the industry. Though the cage designs varied, there were two essential forms: cages chanteresses, which were high cages for male songbirds, and cages muettes, low cages, similar to this example, for female birds kept for breeding.
This object was
donated by
Agnes Miles Carpenter.
It is credited Gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter.
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 64.8 x 47.6 x 36.8 cm (25 1/2 x 18 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
Cite this object as
Bird cage in the form of a circus wagon Birdcage; France; painted metal wire, sheet metal; H x W x D: 64.8 x 47.6 x 36.8 cm (25 1/2 x 18 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.); Gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter; 1945-31-2-a,b
