Lot 817
An American Aesthetic Painted, Ebonized and Gilt-Incised Bedroom Suite, late 19th c., labeled "W.W. Strong, Chicago", comprising a bedstead, dresser, washstand, and side chair; the bedstead having finialed uprights, spindled and paneled back and foot with gilded and polychrome painted Egyptianesque scenes; the dresser with mirror above the original marble top, graduated drawers, blocked base; a galleried marble top washstand with shelf and small cupboard and a conforming side chair, dresser height 82 in., width 50 1/2 in., depth 23 in.; washstand height 29 1/2 in., width 37 1/2 in., depth 18 1/2 in.; bed height 72 in., length 78 in., width 54 in.
- Notes: Note: Boston's Shearer & Paine expanded its market to booming Chicago and shipped through its Chicago agent, William Strong, as far as New Orleans. In 1861 the Civil War put a halt to Shearer & Paine's shipments; William Strong purchased the Chicago manufactory of David Jacobus retaining its equipment. By 1870 fifty artisans were in W. W. Strong's employ and exotic styles displayed in his wareroom at 203 Randolph Street. Though destroyed in the 1871 Chicago Fire, the manufactory and showrooms recovered quickly to produce furniture for the Palmer House Hotel in 1873, known as the "largest and best furnished hotel in the world." Chicago business magnates George Pullman and Potter Palmer both had a deep interest in Ancient Egypt; Pullman's interest originating after an excursion to see archeological sites. Both men embarked on parallel decorating schemes with Egyptian motifs for their residences, the clients for Chicago's Strong firm surely felt the sway of the taste of these two prominent Chicagoans.
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