LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oak

Measurements:

46.73 in. (118.70 cm.) (height) by 18.74 in. (47.60 cm.) (width) by 19.02 in. (48.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

carved with firm's 'orb and cross' cypher

Literature:

The Roycrofters, . Roycroft Furniture , East Aurora, New York, 1906, p. 30. The Roycrofters, . Roycroft Handmade Furniture , East Aurora, New York, 1912, p. 46. Robert Judson Clark, ed., . The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916 , Princeton, 1972, p. 45. Lionel Lambourne, . Utopian Craftsmen: The Arts and Crafts Movement from the Cotswolds to Chicago , Salt Lake City, 1980, p. 156. David Cathers, . Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement , New York, 1981, cover and p. 120. Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers, . Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890-1920, New York, 1988, p. 58

Provenance:

Private Collection, Harden, Montana, circa 1906. Thence by descent. Private Collection, DeKalb, Illinois. Acquired from the above by the present owner