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bookcase

Herter Brothers, New York, New York, ca. 1865–82

Tripartite bookcase with glass doors, the central section raised higher than the side two, all with matching sunflower-based inlaid motifs on a dark ground around the borders.

Date

ca. 1875

Type

furniture

Medium

walnut, ebonized cherry, marquetry of various woods, incised gilding, plate glass, cast brass hardware

Department

CHNDM

Institution

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object number

chndm_2013-12-1-a_mm

Credit

Gift of George P. Ververis, Jr.