The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Center Table

c.1860

Gustave Herter Firm

(American)
America, New York
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.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1984.39
Location: Not on view

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.
  • (Richard McGeehan, New York).
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207. Reproduced: p. 185; Mentioned: p. 201, no. 23 www.jstor.org
    Hawley, Henry. “American Furniture of the Mid-Nineteenth Century.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 5 (May 1987): 186–215. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 194, fig. 8 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
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