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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Medal Cabinet
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Medal Cabinet

Manufacturer Herter Brothers (American)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1870
MediumRosewood | Mother-of-pearl | Malachite | Lapis lazuli | Bronze | Maple
DimensionsOverall: 32 1/4 x 32 3/8 x 17 1/2 in. (81.9 x 82.2 x 44.5 cm)
InscribedBranded on bottom: "Herter Bros.".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.1158A
On View
Not on view
DescriptionMedal cabinet. Columns on either side of double doors are decorated with floral carved panels set with mother-of-pearl, Malachite and Lapis Lazuli. Bronze lock plates in the Japanese style. The seven drawers are lined with maple.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Herter Brothers
ca. 1870
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
G. Keller
ca. 1930
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2016.
Jean Puiforcat
1923
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2016.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
1884-85
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
19th century
Image scanned and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Louis Majorelle
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
20th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Carlo Zen
ca. 1900-1905