Trained as a cabinetmaker in Bavaria, Peter Glass won many awards for his virtuosic marquetry. He first settled in Massachusetts in 1844 and then moved to the community of Beechwood, Sheboygan County in 1857. In the last years of his life, Glass made nine “mosaic work stands”—one for each of his children. The intricate marquetry pictures commemorate his life in Wisconsin, where he also ran a farm.