Design drawing for fire screen for the Hegeler House, La Salle, Illinois
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.For their custom work, Schastey & Co. designers sketched proposals to submit to patrons or architects. This fire screen for the Hegeler commission includes elaborate carving on its cresting and lower panel, with finials of figural heads, a feature characteristic of Schastey’s oeuvre. Here, they appear to be fanciful interpretations—part animal, part human.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design drawing for fire screen for the Hegeler House, La Salle, Illinois
- Maker: George A. Schastey & Co. (American, New York, 1873–1897)
- Maker: George A. Schastey (American (born Germany), Merseburg 1839–1894 at sea)
- Designer: Design possibly by August Fiedler (1842–1903)
- Date: ca. 1880
- Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions: 15 1/2 × 10 in. (39.4 × 25.4 cm)
- Credit Line: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, La Salle, Illinois
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing