Object Details
Designer
Paul Fehér, Hungarian, 1898–1990
Manufacturer
Rose Iron Works Collections, LLC, American, founded 1904
Description
Wrought-iron screen depicting a muse with violin; the gold-plated figure at center stands on rolling hills of openwork decoration (foliate and scalloped) while concentric rings and rectilinear shapes hem the scene in. The two side panels consist of angular, stepped ornament with curving lines and stylized boughs, and the entire piece rests on four rectangular feet.
Credit Line
The Cleveland Museum of Art, On loan from the Rose Iron Works Collections, LLC, 352.1996
Date
1930
Accession Number
72.2016.1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
metalwork
Exhibitions
Muse with Violin Screen
Medium
Wrought iron, brass; silver and gold plating
Dimensions
H x W x D: 156.2 × 156.2 × 27.9 cm (5 ft. 1 1/2 in. × 5 ft. 1 1/2 in. × 11 in.)
made in
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_72.2016.1