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Jul 16, 2019
Map/Print Case
Map/Print Case
late 1800s
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
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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.
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