Art Institute of Chicago
Hall Stand
Designed by Christopher Dresser (English, born Scotland, 1834-1904)
- Date
- c. 1870
- Medium
- Cast iron and marble
- Culture
- Coalbrookdale
- Department
- Applied Arts of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
The nineteenth century was a period of vast industrial developments, one of which was increased efficiency in cast-iron production. As cast iron proliferated into many aspects of architecture and applied arts, design critics renounced the material as vulgar and deceitful. In an effort to beautify cast-iron products, smelting manufactories hired professional designers, like Christopher Dresser, with visually stimulating results. In this hall stand, which was part of a larger series, Dresser combined medieval foliage motifs with classical depictions of the Greek gods of wind and water, Boreas and Aquarius.
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- Object type
- AAT300037336
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