Table by Peter Glass
date: label: Date made
content: 1868
name: label: maker
content: Glass, Peter
notes: label: Description
content: Inlaid with more than thirty thousand pieces of wood, this tilt-top center table was created by German immigrant Peter Glass. As a farmer in Wisconsin, Glass applied his native training as a marquetry craftsman to make award-winning furniture in his spare time. The elaborate octagonal tabletop combines traditional European designs with patriotic American motifs, including portraits of U.S. military generals. In eight oval plaques encircling the piece, Glass also portrayed himself: "Peter/Glass/Maker/Town/Scott
label: Description
content: /Wisconsin/U.S. of/America."
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Wisconsin
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Military
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content: National Treasures exhibit
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures 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.281476.0047
label: accession number
content: 281476
label: catalog number
content: 281476.0047
objectType: label: Object Name
content: table, center
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 75.5 cm x 104 cm; 29 3/4 in x 40 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 51 in x 37 1/4 in x 24 1/4 in; 129.54 cm x 94.615 cm x 61.595 cm