Center Table

Marquetry top by Joseph Cremer (French, active 1836–1878)

Maker

Marquetry top by Joseph Cremer (French, active 1836–1878)

Date

c. 1862

Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Form

Table

Origin

Paris

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession

1993.122

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