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The Demidoff
Vase, - French Neoclassical Thomire (French manufacturer of ornamental bronzes), The Demidoff Vase, 1819, malachite and ormolu, height 67 1/2 inches (171.5 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. This malachite, mined on lands belonging to the Demidoff family in Russia, was cut into small, thin pieces, and then joined together as a veneer. Prince Nicholas Demidoff commissioned Thomire to produce this monumental vase to furnish his Florentine palazzo and to advertise his family's wealth. |
