The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 25, 2024
Fire Screen
c. 1878–80
firm of Herter Brothers
(American)
Overall: 131.8 x 76.2 x 58.3 cm (51 7/8 x 30 x 22 15/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Produced by the New York decorating firm Herter Brothers, this screen would have been used to shield sitters from the heat of a fireplace.Description
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 painted and gilded embossed panel of birds and flowers was likely made in Japan.- Cleveland Museum of Art, “Museum Acquires Major Chuck Close Painting, 19th-century Fire Screen, Rare Prints & Drawings,” June 9, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.orgHawley, Henry H., "A Herter Brothers Firescreen", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 38 no. 03, March 1998 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9 archive.orgHowe, Katherine S., "Herter Brother's Furniture," FMR (April 1998). Mentioned & reproduced: pp. 118-9May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Mentioned & reproduced: pp. 49-50, no. 49; listed: p. 117 library.clevelandart.orgDonley, Gregory M., "Forward Thinking", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 42 no. 10, December 2002 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 4-5 archive.orgBerliner, Nancy Zeng, and Edward S. Cooke. Inspired by China: Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditions. Salem: Peabody Essex Museum, 2006. Mentioned: p. 49, fig. 10 library.clevelandart.orgPiña, Leslie A. Furniture in History, 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010. Mentioned: p. 23 library.clevelandart.orgFranklin, David, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with, New York, NY: Scala Publishers, 2012. Mentioned & reproduced: pp. 270-1 library.clevelandart.orgBidwell, Frederick E. and Leslie Cade. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014. Mentioned & reproduced: p. 142 library.clevelandart.org
- No existing exhibition history.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.58