  About the Artwork
  
  
  This art exhibition stand in Renaissance Revival style was probably commissioned for an art gallery in one of several great mansions built in the United States during the Victorian period. Among the extraordinary features are the four standing winged lions supporting the outer corners. At each stand end are a carved artist’s palette, brushes, and implements that symbolize the functional role of the piece.
  
  
  Title
  Art Exhibition Stand
  
  
  Artwork Date
  between 1860 and 1864
  
  Artist
  Gustave Herter
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1830-1898
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events.
  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  American
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
  Please note:
  Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group.
  
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Walnut
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 47 × 45 × 30 1/2 inches (119.4 × 114.3 × 77.5 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Furniture
  
  
  Department
  American Art before 1950
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  1989.4
  
  
  Copyright
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