# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gustav-ecke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:35:58.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gustav-ecke"
name: "Gustav Ecke"
slug: "gustav-ecke"
description: "Gustav Emil Wilhelm Ecke was a German and later American historian of art and curator. He is best known for his book Chinese Domestic Furniture, first published in wartime China in 1944. The book presented the aesthetic of a neglected art form for scholars and connoisseurs and described the techniques of construction for cabinet-makers. It was the first book in any language on Chinese classic hardwood furniture."
tagline: "American academic"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1896-06-13"
deathDate: "1971-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.01
  momentum:             15.10869565217391
  historical:           6.136681333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%92%DB%94"
    title: "گستاو ایکے۔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "غوستاف إيكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "جوستاف ايكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Ecke_(Kunsthistoriker)"
    title: "Gustav Ecke (Kunsthistoriker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Ecke"
    title: "Gustav Ecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Ecke"
    title: "Gustav Ecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Ecke"
    title: "Gustav Ecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16006985"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump