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CINCINNATI ART CARVING The Aesthetic Movement was not isolated to New York, or even the Northeast. Throughout the country many craftsmen interpreted the ideals of this movement and incorporated them into their own manufacture. In Cincinnati, Ohio, a movement of woodcarving took place under the leadership of William Fry and Benn Pitman. Both of these men were trained in England as architects and came to Ohio in the mid-nineteenth century where they set up shops and schools. Offering a craft career to men and women, Fry and Pitman trained many in their method of carving. While the craftsmen in the East used a linear interpretation of flora and fauna in their work, Fry and Pitman used a more naturalistic approach. In the words of Pitman, "Adornment- decoration- is the expression of the beautiful as applied to the useful." For more information, please see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement (New York, 1986), pp. 156-158.

A VICTORIAN CINCINNATI ART CARVED WALNUT PAINTED AND MIRRORED SCREEN

AMERICAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A VICTORIAN CINCINNATI ART CARVED WALNUT PAINTED AND MIRRORED SCREEN
American, late 19th century
With three panels, the central panel with carved and stippled foliate panel above a rectangular mirror plate over a carved and sippled floral panel all surrounded by carved repetitive floral and foliate framing, the side panels with carved and stippled foliate panel above a rectangular painted panel with cranes in nature scene, over a carved and stippled foliate panel with fan decoration, all surrounded by repetitive floral and foliate framing
72in. high, 26¼in. wide (central panel), 20¼in. wide (outer panels)

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