The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Secretary

1911
designed by

Henry Mather Greene

(American, 1870–1954)
designed by

and Charles Sumner Greene

(American, 1868–1957)
made by

Peter Hall Manufacturing Co.

(American)
America, California, Pasadena, 20th century
mahogany with inlays and glazed doors
Overall: 208.3 x 137.8 x 61 cm (82 x 54 1/4 x 24 in.)
Gift of Mrs. John A. Hadden 1981.76
Location: 208 American Gilded Age and Realism

Description

This secretary was made for the Cordelia A. Culbertson House in Pasadena, California.
  • Cordelia A. Culbertson, Pasadena; Mrs. Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, Pasadena; Mrs. John A. Hadden, Cleveland.
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 2 (February 1982): 39–82. Reproduced: p. 56; Mentioned: p. 79, no. 38 www.jstor.org
    Hawley, Henry. “Four Pieces of American Furniture.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 10 (December 1982): 324–339. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 333-338, fig. 12 www.jstor.org
    Bosley, Edward R., and Greene & Greene. Greene & Greene. London: Phaidon, 2000. p. 158, fig. 44.
    Adams, Henry. What's American about American art?: a gallery tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008. Reproduced: p. 120 - 121
    Mathias, David. Greene & Greene Furniture: Poems of Wood & Light. Cincinnati, Ohio: Popular Woodworking Books, 2010. pp. 18, 114, 166, 168.
    Piña, Leslie A. Furniture in History, 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D. 2nd ed. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010. p. 184.
  • The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
  • {{cite web|title=Secretary|url=false|author=Henry Mather Greene, Charles Sumner Greene, Peter Hall Manufacturing Co.|year=1911|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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