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Lockwood de Forest (Designed and assembled in New York; Wood carved in Ahmedabad, India)
c. 1880–90
- Medium
- Teak, ash or oak
- Classification
- Furniture
- Dimensions
- 119.4 × 48.3 × 99.7 cm (47 × 19 × 39 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- New York City
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Herbert A. Vance through the Antiquarian Society
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
During the Aesthetic movement of the late 19th century, American designers’ fascination with the exotic led them to explore the art of India. On a trip to that country in 1880–81, Lockwood de Forest became interested in traditional Indian wood carving and established his own wood and metal workshop in Ahmedabad, India, to promote the native craft revival. Back in New York, he incorporated panels and architectural elements carved in the workshop into the furniture and interiors he designed for the American upper classes. This serving table is typical of de Forest’s work in its application of moldings and panels carved in India onto a Western furniture form.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
