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Design drawing for fire screen for the Hegeler House, La Salle, Illinois
George A. Schastey & Co. American
George A. Schastey American, born Germany
Design possibly by August Fiedler
Not on view
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.
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