Chair (c. 1880): Art, History and Details

Chair (c. 1880) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Herter Brothers (American).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In the 1870s, the furniture made by the Herter firm was influenced by Japanese style, as seen in the marquetry at the top of this chair. It closely resembles one that was supplied for use in the Red Room of the White House in the redecoration of 1882–83.

Object facts

• Title: Chair
• Date: c. 1880
• Creator attribution: Herter Brothers (American)
• Culture: America, New York
• Type: Furniture and woodwork
• Technique: ebonized cherry and other woods
• Dimensions: Overall: 84.5 x 40.7 x 46 cm (33 1/4 x 16 x 18 1/8 in.)
• Collection: Furniture
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1982.5

Collection credit

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Hawley, Henry. “Four Pieces of American Furniture.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 10 (December 1982): 324–339.
• Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55.

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