Fireplace Surround from the Patrick J. King House, Chicago, Illinois

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Fireplace Surround from the Patrick J. King House, Chicago, Illinois

United States, 1901
Architecture; Architectural Elements
Oak, glass mosaic, and enamel
58 1/2 × 84 × 13 1/2 in. (148.59 × 213.36 × 34.29 cm)
Gift of Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary (M.89.151.8a-d)
Not currently on public view

History

Artist Ryan Griffis created an online project, Becoming Movable: A Motif-Rhythm Tour of Property ...
Artist Ryan Griffis created an online project, Becoming Movable: A Motif-Rhythm Tour of Property , based on his research into the history of the fireplace surround.
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Bibliography

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1990.  vol. 27-28, no. 12-1 (December, 1989-January, 1991).
  • Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1990.  vol. 27-28, no. 12-1 (December, 1989-January, 1991).
  • Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Kaplan, Wendy; contributions by Crawford, Alan; Joppien, Rüdiger; Kinchin, Juliet; Ogata, Amy F.; Stavenow-Hidemark, Elisabet; Witt-Dörring, Christian.  The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2004.
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