Design drawing for an overmantel 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.This drawing presents one of two options for a new overmantel updating an existing fireplace in the Hegeler House. It shows a frontal and profile view. This alternate proposal on tissue paper would have easily overlaid the primary design drawing.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design drawing for an overmantel 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: Pen and ink, watercolor, metallic pigment, and graphite on tissue paper
- Dimensions: 10 1/2 × 10 in. (26.7 × 25.4 cm)
- Credit Line: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, La Salle, Illinois
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing