# Map/Print Case

- Date: late 1800s
- Medium: mahogany and maple with bronze hardware
- Classification: Furniture and woodwork
- Dimensions: Overall: 102.2 x 130.8 x 54.6 cm (40 1/4 x 51 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.)
- Culture: America, probably New York City, 19th century
- Credit line: Ruthe and Heinz Eppler Endowment Fund and various donors by exchange
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.36)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.36/1985.36_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This unusual piece of furniture was perhaps intended to house musical manuscripts, since lyres are included in the decoration of its hinges. It was probably made in the 1880s, when classicism was exerting itself in American architecture and the related art of furniture design.