Fire Screen
Item
Title
Fire Screen
Creator
Craftsman Workshops
Date
1913-17 (ca.)
Dimensions
35 1/2 x 48 3/4 x 8 inches
Medium
Copper, wrought iron
Object No.
1994.17
Credit line
Collection of The Craftsman Farms Foundation
Description
Despite the narrower width of the fireplace in the Dining Room, Stickley chose to keep the 8-panel configuration of the Fire Screen and simply compressed the form used in the Living Room screens for this example. In so doing, he lent a sense of visual unity to the floor's interior and differentiated these from the bedroom screens, each of which contain six panels.
Associated names
Gustav Stickley
Provenance
Gustav Stickley (by 1917); sold with the contents of Craftsman Farms in 1917 to George and Sylvia Farny; by descent to Cyril Farny; purchased by the Museum at Christie's, Important American Arts and Crafts, December 9, 1989