George Washington Maher

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Description

George Washington Maher
Rocking Chair from the Master Bedroom of ''Rockledge,'' The Ernest and Grace King Residence, Homer, Minnesota
wood with the original painted finish and original caned seat and back

Provenance

Ernest and Grace King, Homer, MN
Thence by descent
Hollander Gallery, Ltd., Milwaukee, WI, September 10, 1982, lot 44E
Robert Edwards, Byrn Mawr, PA
Private collection, Milwaukee

Literature

''Geo. W. Maher, a democrat in Architecture,'' The Western Architect, March 1914, n. p. (for a period photograph showing this model in situ in the master bedroom)
H. Allen Brooks, Prairie School Architecture: Studies from ''The Western Architect,'' Toronto, 1975, p. 179 (for the period photograph cited above)
Gary Hollander, ''Rockledge: A Summer House Designed by George W. Maher,'' Tiller, July-August 1983, pp. 14 and 16