Detail View: The AMICA Library: Fire Screen
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1997.58
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Herter Brothers
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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made by
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1830 - 1908
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Herter Brothers
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Title:
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Fire Screen
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1878-1880
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Creation Start Date:
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1878
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Creation End Date:
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1880
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Materials and Techniques:
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gilded wood, painted and gilded wood panels, brocaded silk, embossed paper
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Classification Term:
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Woodwork
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Classification Term:
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Furniture
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 131.8cm x 76.2cm x 58.3cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1997.58
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Credit Line:
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The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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During the 1870s the New York firm of Herter Brothers produced some of the most sophisticated and technically refined furniture made anywhere in the world at that date. Although the firm is known to have made a considerable quantity of gilded furniture,this Fire Screen is one of only a few examples to survive in good condition. The most striking aspect of this piece is the painted and gilded embossed panel of birds and flowers which was almost certainly made in Japan. The design of the screen as a whole seems to have been predicated on the use of this decoration.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1997.58.tif
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