id: 152543 accession number: 1985.36 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.36 updated: 2019-11-25 09:11:27.833000 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ruthe and Heinz Eppler Endowment Fund and various donors by exchange 1985.36 title: Map/Print Case title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1800s creation date earliest: 1875 creation date latest: 1899 current location: creditline: Ruthe and Heinz Eppler Endowment Fund and various donors by exchange copyright: --- culture: America, probably New York City, 19th century technique: mahogany and maple with bronze hardware department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Furniture type: Furniture and woodwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 102.2 x 130.8 x 54.6 cm (40 1/4 x 51 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1985 opening date: 1986-02-12T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Margot Johnson, Inc., New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.36/1985.36_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.36/1985.36_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.36/1985.36_full.tif