The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Chair

c. 1880

Herter Brothers

(American)
America, New York
ebonized cherry and other woods
Overall: 84.5 x 40.7 x 46 cm (33 1/4 x 16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1982.5
Location: 208 American Gilded Age and Realism

Description

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.
  • Private collection, Connecticut. (Lyndhurst Corporation, New York).
  • 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. 330-332, fig. 9 www.jstor.org
    Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55. Reproduced: p. 17; Mentioned: p. 51, no. 28 www.jstor.org
  • The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
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