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Map/Print Case
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Map/Print Case

late 1800s · mahogany and maple with bronze hardware

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineMap/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
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