Name: George Washington Maher "Rockledge" Arts and Crafts Side Chair, 1911-1912
Brand: George Washington Maher

George Washington Maher "Rockledge" Arts and Crafts Side Chair, 1911-1912

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About the Item

George Washington Maher(1864-1926), USA. Rockledge side chair, 1911-1912. Stained oak with the original leather upholstery and leather-covered tacks. Provenance: Ernest L. & Grace King residence, Homer, Minnesota. Meqasures: H 40 ¾”, W 18 ½” x D 20 ¼”. 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. 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 Minnesota Historical Society, The Newark Museum, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Milwaukee Art Museum, The Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, FL, Dallas Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the St. Louis Art Museum.

Creator:
George Washington Maher (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 40.75 in (103.51 cm)Width: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Depth: 20.25 in (51.44 cm)
Style:
Arts and Crafts (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather,Oak,Upholstery
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1911-1912
Condition:
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: 1312169977349

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