Design drawing for draperies in Mr. Hegeler's room 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.George A. Schastey assisted fellow designer August Fiedler in completing work for the home of Edward C. Hegeler, a zinc miner and publisher. When Hegeler undertook renovations of his mansion in about 1880, Schastey’s firm proposed a series of designs for window and mantel treatments. As the inscription indicates, this designs was intended for the bedchamber of Mr. Hegeler. The various drawings included in this exhibition are the only such by Schastey’s firm known to survive.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design drawing for draperies in Mr. Hegeler's room 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 and watercolor on wove paper
- Dimensions: 16 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (41.9 × 34.3 cm)
- Credit Line: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, La Salle, Illinois
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing