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Herter Brothers · 1879–82

Palette

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

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Artist

Herter Brothers
German, active New York, 1864–1906

Date

1879–82

Type

Decorative arts & sculpture

Medium

Rosewood, brass, mother-of-pearl, and abalone

Size

31 1/4 x 60 x 35 3/4 in. (79.4 x 152.4 x 90.8 cm)

Place

United States

Period

19th century

Main colour

Brown · lightness 57, colourfulness 10

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, by exchange, 1972. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules