Armchair
The strong linear quality of this chair shows the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright's best designs for Prairie School furniture. A colleague of Wright's, Maher designed this chair for Rockledge, a large and elaborate summer bungalow for the E. L. King family in Homer, Minnesota; he designed the house in 1914. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, owns a smaller version of this chair with rockers.
Artwork Details
- Title:Armchair
- Maker:George Washington Maher (1864–1926)
- Date:ca. 1914
- Geography:Made in Wisconsin, United States
- Culture:American
- Medium:Oak, leather
- Dimensions:59 1/4 x 33 x 26 3/8 in. (150.5 x 83.8 x 67 cm)
- Credit Line:Purchase, Theodore R. Gamble Jr. Gift, in honor of his mother, Mrs. Theodore Robert Gamble, 1982
- Object Number:1982.352
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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