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Center Table

A work made of rosewood, maple, tulip poplar, white pine, and mother-of-pearl.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of rosewood, maple, tulip poplar, white pine, and mother-of-pearl.

Date:

c. 1862

Artist:

Marquetry top by Joseph Cremer (French, active 1836–1878)
Paris, France
Table by unknown artist (American, 19th century)
New York

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 174

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Joseph Cremer

Title

Center Table

Place

Paris (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1862

Medium

Rosewood, maple, tulip poplar, white pine, and mother-of-pearl

Inscriptions

Top signed: "J. Cremer"; table frame impressed with the number "1007"

Dimensions

137.2 × 91.4 × 74.6 cm (54 × 36 × 29 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Jamee J. and Marshall Field, Mrs. Eric Oldberg, and the Winnetka Associates of the Woman's Board of the Art Institute; Americana, Brooks and Hope B. McCormick, J. Peter McCormick, and Mrs. Frank L. Sulzberger funds; Mary Waller Langhorne Endowment; and through prior acquisitions of Miss Ellen N. LaMotte, Elizabeth R. Vaughan, and the Wirt D. Walker Endowment

Reference Number

1993.122

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