Center Table

The collection record classifies this work as furniture and woodwork. It is dated c. 1875. Recorded culture or place: America, New York.

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Museum title: Center Table
Date: c. 1875
Culture / origin: America, New York
Materials and technique: rosewood inlaid with other woods and bone
Dimensions: Overall: 76.5 x 122 x 76.2 cm (30 1/8 x 48 1/16 x 30 in.)
Artist / maker: Herter Brothers (American)
Museum: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 1987.53

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The general form of this table is based on 19th-century English pieces that are variously described as modern Gothic or Eastlakian. They tend to be rectilinear with incised ornament, and are often, as here, gilded. Combined with this form are decorative elements of Japanese derivation—the carved panel of the stretcher and the inlaid medallions on the frieze beneath the top. The elaborate marquetry, or inlay, of the top includes motifs of classical origin. The top was perhaps made in France and imported to America to be used on furniture made here.

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