George Washington Maher
Fireplace Surround from the Patrick J. King House, Chicago, Illinois1901

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Designed by: George Washington Maher
United States, 1864-1926
Made by: Louis Millet (of Healy and Millet)
United States, Illinois, Chicago, circa 1897-1920
Title: Fireplace Surround from the Patrick J. King House, Chicago, Illinois
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1901
Medium: Oak, glass mosaic, and enamel
Dimensions: 58 1/2 × 84 × 13 1/2 in. (148.59 × 213.36 × 34.29 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number: M.89.151.8a-d
Classification: Architecture
Collecting Area: Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography: 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.
Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.