Egyptomania March 18–August 5, 2012
Adolphe Braun, The Sphinx and the Pyramids, c. 1870, carbon print, the MFAH, gift of Louis K. Adler in honor of Fayez Sarofim and Meredith J. Long at “One Great Night in November, 1992.”
Bottle designed by Baccarat, for Bichara, Mounira, c. 1930, glass and thread, the MFAH, the Alice and Mike Hogg Collection, gift of Alice C. Simkins.
Attributed to Pottier and Stymus, Tall Case Clock, c. 1875, cherry, parcel gilt, glass, and metals, the MFAH, museum purchase with funds provided by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Asparagus Tongs, 1870–75, silver and silver gilt, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Dr. William P. Hood, Jr.
Leonard F. Wyburud, Thebes Stool, c. 1889, mahogany and leather, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation, Inc.
Bow Porcelain Factory, Pair of Figures as Sphinxes, c. 1750, porcelain, the MFAH, the Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson, III.
This exhibition explores the Egyptian Revivals of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries through objects from across the MFAH collections, including Georgian garden sphinxes, 19th-century "Aegyptian” furniture, and Art Deco perfume bottles with pharaoh-head stoppers.
Egyptomania opens during the run of Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs and also marks the 90th anniversary of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb by British archaeologist Howard Carter—which began the revival of the 1920s.
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.