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Leaded
glass window, c.1907
clear and colored glass with zinc caming
54"h x 25"w (glass size)
$4500
George Washington Maher was a
contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright's, and utilized many of the same
elements in his houses, but with markedly different results. Whereas
Wright's architecture could be characterized by an overt geometry, Maher's
was somewhat softer, relying on the accumulation of various decorative
materials to give his interiors a more conventional Arts & Crafts
feeling. His sources could be as diverse as the architecture of
English architect CFA Voysey or the plans and drawings by Harvey Ellis,
which Maher would have seen in the various magazines of the period.
Like Wright, however, Maher's architecture has a consistency to it that
speaks of an organizing intellect that was involved in every aspect of a
project, from large to small. If the project allowed, Maher would design
furniture, lighting, windows and various other items for his houses,
repeating a specially-selected motif, or group of motifs, that were
intended to symbolize the essential character of the client.
This window was designed for the Arthur Stone house, originally in
Kalamazoo, Mi, but now demolished. The flower is a rare white
bluebell, recently introduced in the period from Russia.
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