Armchair

ca. 1912

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 743

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

Object Information

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Provenance

Title: Armchair
Maker: George Washington Maher (1864–1926)
Date: ca. 1912
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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