Minneapolis Institute of Art

Dining table, from a six-piece dining room suite

Designer: George Grant Elmslie; Manufacturer: John S. Bradstreet and Company

Date

1915

Medium

Mahogany, wood inlays, iridescent glass, leaded glass, replacement silver-plated metal rods

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

For this one-of-a-kind dining suite, made for Mrs. Hanna, Elmslie used dynamic triangular and trapezoidal forms and a wealth of ornament. The lustrous, reddish mahogany—a wood unusual in Prairie School furniture—is complemented by multicolored inlay around the edges of the table and sideboard, art-glass in the top rail of each chair, and silver-plated metal rods along the legs of the table and sideboard. Each end of the table conceals “lopers”—extenders that can be pulled out to support leaves while the square tabletop remains intact. Before it was shipped to Mrs. Hanna, Elmslie’s architectural partner William Gray Purcell staged it in his own home for a photo shoot for the journal Western Architect . He deemed it more appropriate than the dining furniture he used every day. United States, Americas

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