Sideboard
Designer
Gustav Stickley (American, 1858–1942)American, 1858–1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Sideboard
Datec. 1904–1905
PlaceUnited States
MediumOak and copper
DimensionsOverall: 48 7/8 × 60 1/8 × 20 3/4 in. (124.1 × 152.7 × 52.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number78.65
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Purchased by Gen. Benjamin Grierson of Illinois, commanding officer of the Buffalo
Soldiers at Ft. Davis, Texas
Bought from him by Judge and Mrs. Edwin Hockaday Fowlkes, for Highland Springs
Ranch, Ft. Davis (now site of the Macdonald Observatory)
Inherited by their son James Marian Fowlkes and his wife Patricia Stewart Fowlkes, La
Sauceda Ranch (now Big Bend State Park)
Inherited by their daughter, Marian Fowlkes Minniece
Exhibition History“Silver: An American Art—Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 30–February 15, 2015.
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