Physical Qualities
Oak, plywood, 30 1/2 x 49 x 30 1/2 in. (77.5 x 124.5 x 77.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number
1998.341
George Neidecken described his designs as “interior architecture.” Having worked in Frank Lloyd Wright’s studio in Oak Park, Niedecken established himself as a designer of Prairie School interiors for Wright and other Midwestern architects. Like a Prairie School house, the table is marked by strong horizontal lines, a broad overhanging top, solid construction, and disciplined ornament. The table’s placement in an “open plan” room paralleled the way the Prairie School houses themselves occupied the flat Midwestern landscape. This library table was made for the E. P. Irving house in Decatur, Illinois, built between 1910 and 1912 to designs by Wright and another architect, Hermann von Holst. Niedecken’s drawing for the table survives and at least two examples were made.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1998; Fourth Quarter Antiques, Baltimore; Don P. Magner, Brooklyn; Philip's Ltd., New York, 1986; owners of E. P. Irving house, Decatur, Illinois
The Milwaukee Art Museum, "The Domestic Scene (1897-1927): George M. Niedecken, Interior Architect", November 19, 1981-January 17, 1982.
"The Domestic Scene (1897-1927): George M. Niedecken, Interior Architect," Milwaukee: The Milwaukee Art Museum, 1981, p. 71, pl. 96.
Philip's New York, sale no. 643, December 12, 1986, no. 2, pp. 10-11, ill.
BMA Today, 'In the Spotlight: Recent Accession' 5-6-1999.
