Lot Essay
The Western Architect, March 1914 issue featured several pictures of the interior of "Rockledge", one of which shows the lamp in situ.
Details
AN IMPORTANT BRONZE AND LEADED GLASS TABLE LAMP
DESIGNED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON MAHER FOR THE E.L. KING HOUSE, "ROCKLEDGE", HOMER, MINNESOTA, CIRCA 1912
Of open rectangular form with arched top, the columnar ends inset with leaded glass panels featuring orange tiger lilies and green foliage--16¼in. (42.3cm.) high, 21¾in. (55.2cm.) wide, 11 7/8in. (30cm.) deep
DESIGNED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON MAHER FOR THE E.L. KING HOUSE, "ROCKLEDGE", HOMER, MINNESOTA, CIRCA 1912
Of open rectangular form with arched top, the columnar ends inset with leaded glass panels featuring orange tiger lilies and green foliage--16¼in. (42.3cm.) high, 21¾in. (55.2cm.) wide, 11 7/8in. (30cm.) deep
Provenance
Collection of Robert Edwards
Phillips, New York, June 27, 1987, lot 82
Phillips, New York, June 27, 1987, lot 82
Literature
Wendy Kaplan, "The Art That is Life": The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1987, figure 219; and H. Allen Brooks, ed. Prarie School Architecture, Studies from The Western Architect, Van Norstrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1975, p.179
Exhibited
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts"The Art That is Life": The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920, March 4-May 31, 1987
This exhibition travelled to: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 16-November 1, 1987; Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, December 9, 1987-February 28, 1988; New York, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, April 5-June 26, 1988.
This exhibition travelled to: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 16-November 1, 1987; Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, December 9, 1987-February 28, 1988; New York, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, April 5-June 26, 1988.