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Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Map/Print Case

late 1800s

America, probably New York City, 19th century

mahogany and maple with bronze hardware
Overall: 102.2 x 130.8 x 54.6 cm (40 1/4 x 51 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.)
Ruthe and Heinz Eppler Endowment Fund and various donors by exchange 1985.36
Location: Not on view

Description

This unusual piece of furniture was perhaps intended to house musical manuscripts, since lyres are included in the decoration of its hinges. It was probably made in the 1880s, when classicism was exerting itself in American architecture and the related art of furniture design.
  • (Margot Johnson, Inc., New York).
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71. Mentioned: p. 66, no. 117; Reproduced: p. 70 www.jstor.org
  • The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).
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