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Source Description
Gustave Herter was born in Germany and came to America about 1848. This table can be identified as his work because of its close resemblance to a table supplied by Herter about 1860 to the Victoria Mansion in Portland, Maine. The pictorial marquetry of the top may have been imported from France and incorporated into this table, probably made in New York.
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Document identity
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151966
label
Center Table
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151966
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Center Table
description
Gustave Herter was born in Germany and came to America about 1848. This table can be identified as his work because of its close resemblance to a table supplied by Herter about 1860 to the Victoria Mansion in Portland, Maine. The pictorial marquetry of the top may have been imported from France and incorporated into this table, probably made in New York.
date
c.1860
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79935941
creators
5825
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
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Overall: 74.9 x 143.2 x 90.8 cm (29 1/2 x 56 3/8 x 35 3/4 in.)
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America, New York
accession
1984.39
Source extras
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rosewood with marquetry of various woods, brass inlay, and gilding
tombstone
Center Table, c.1860. Gustave Herter Firm (American). Rosewood with marquetry of various woods, brass inlay, and gilding; overall: 74.9 x 143.2 x 90.8 cm (29 1/2 x 56 3/8 x 35 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1984.39
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Furniture
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 185; Mentioned: p. 201, no. 23
citation
Hawley, Henry. “American Furniture of the Mid-Nineteenth Century.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 5 (May 1987): 186–215.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 194, fig. 8
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 07:50:45.438000
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151966
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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rosewood with marquetry of various woods, brass inlay, and gilding
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gender unknown
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