Name: George Washington Maher "Rockledge" American Arts & Crafts tall chest of drawers 1911-12
Brand: George Washington Maher

George Washington Maher "Rockledge" American Arts & Crafts tall chest of drawers 1911-12

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About the Item

GEORGE WASHINGTON MAHER (1864-1926) USA Rockledge chest of drawers for E.L. King (unique) 1911-12 Original vintage cream/white painted surface (some losses to the top surface) on hardwood structure with original bronze drawer pulls (natural patina) Provenance: Ernest & Grace King, henceforth descended through the King family; Private Collection, Wisconsin from Hollander Auction Gallery, Milwaukee WI (1982); Private Collection, New York Illustrated: The Western Architect, “Geo. W. Maher, a democrat in Architecture” (March 1914, n. p. - for a period photograph showing this model in situ in the master bedroom), Prairie School Architecture: Studies from “The Western Architect” H. Allen Brooks (Toronto, 1975, p. 179). H: 71” x W: 44 ¾” x D: 26 ¼” Information and other examples from the Maher / Rockledge commission can be found in the following books and publications: The Art that is Life: The Arts and Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920, ed. Wendy Kaplan, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1987), pp. 396-400,The Ideal Home: The History of Twentieth Century American Craft, 1900-1920, Janet Kardon (New York: Abrams, 1993) cover illus. and p. 205; Geo. W. Maher Quarterly, Oct.-Dec., 1992, pp. 1, 16, 17; Arts, December, 1995, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minn. cover and back cover. Examples of artworks from Rockledge are in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, NY, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Newark Museum, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Milwaukee Art Museum, The Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, FL, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Dallas Museum of Art and the St. Louis Art Museum. In 1912 George Washington Maher designed Rockledge, a summer residence near Homer, Minnesota, for E.L. King. Sited just beneath a cliff along the Mississippi River, Rockledge is considered the finest residence of Maher’s career and a perfect example of his motif-rhythm theory of architectural design.

Creator:
George Washington Maher (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 71 in (180.34 cm)Width: 44.75 in (113.67 cm)Depth: 26.25 in (66.68 cm)
Style:
Arts and Crafts (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze,Hardwood
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1911-12
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. This is one of only a couple known surviving examples of the white painted furniture from the master bedrooms of George Washington Maher's most important commission "Rockledge" 1911-12.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: 1312199977370

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