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John Henry Belter · 1850–60

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Silver
67% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1

Carmine
18% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.2:1

Coffee
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.7:1

Iron
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1

Pewter
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

Oxblood
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.4:1

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: John Henry Belter
American, born Germany 1804-1863 New York
Date: 1850–60
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Rosewood, Rosewood veneer; chestnut, pine (secondary woods); modern upholstery with some original underupholstery
Size: 53 1/4 x 66 x 25 in. (135.3 x 167.6 x 63.5 cm)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 60, colourfulness 12

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1999. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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