Fretted Stand

Designer(stand) Charles Rohlfs (American, 1853-1936)

Place of OriginFrance (vase), United States (stand)

Date1907 (stand)

DimensionsOverall height: 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm); diameter of base: 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm)

MediumEbonized oak stand with bronze brackets.

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of the American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation in honor of Jutta-Annette Page

Object number

2008.175A

Not on View

DescriptionStand

Label TextAmerican Arts and Crafts furniture designer Charles Rohlfs bought this Bohemian art glass vase from a retailer in Venice, Italy. He designed the ebonized oak stand especially for the vase and displayed the two works of art prominently in his own living room.Published ReferencesJoseph Cunningham, The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs, New York, American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, Yale University Press, 2008, p. 221, fig. 11.2 (col.) p. 222.Exhibition HistoryMilwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Art Museum, Dallas, TX, Dallas Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Museum of Art, San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, et al, The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs, June 6, 2009 - January 23, 2011.