Wooden Inlay Fragment Created By Peter Glass
date: label: Date made
content: Late 19th C.
name: label: maker
content: Glass, Peter
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Barton
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Frank (Catherine) Vidano
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.281476.0031
label: accession number
content: 281476
label: catalog number
content: 281476.0031
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fragment, inlay
label: Other Terms
content: Fragment; Inlay
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/16 in x 5 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; .47625 cm x 13.335 cm x 4.1275 cm