Wooden Inlay Fragment Created By Peter Glass
- Description
- This wooden inlay fragment of foliate scroll showcases the art of scrollwork, a decorative motif with ancient origins, utilized in the nineteenth century by Wisconsin cabinetmaker, Peter Glass. As a farmer in Wisconsin, German immigrant, Peter Glass, applied his native training as a marquetry craftsman to make award-winning furniture.
- Date made
- Late 19th C.
- maker
- Glass, Peter
- place made
- United States: Wisconsin, Barton
- Measurements
- overall: 3/16 in x 5 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; .47625 cm x 13.335 cm x 4.1275 cm
- ID Number
- DL.281476.0031
- accession number
- 281476
- catalog number
- 281476.0031
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Frank (Catherine) Vidano
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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