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This wardrobe, reflective of the so-called German Biedermeier style, is one of the finest pieces of furniture made in Texas during the 19th century. While the wardrobe form was relatively common in the central and eastern parts of the state, examples decorated with faux wood graining are extremely rare. This piece features a variety of graining techniques. The door frames and sides of the case are striped to simulate rosewood, while the doors and drawers are painted to look as if they are covered in matching sheets of elaboratively figured veneer. The pronounced cornice is spotted with paint to give the appearance of being cut from burled wood. In central Texas, where the wardrobe was made, German immigrants produced virtually all of the furniture from the 1840s to the 1880s, when the coming of the railway made possible the shipment of factory-made furniture from the Midwest.
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Bonnie Pitman, ed. Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), 196.
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n.d.: Tiemann family, Warrenton, Fayette County, Texas [1]
Until 1992: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Round Top, Texas
From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above
[1] Lonn Taylor, David B. Warren, and Don Carleton, Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880 (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2012), 88.
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This wardrobe, reflective of the so-called German Biedermeier style, is one of the finest pieces of furniture made in Texas during the 19th century. While the wardrobe form was relatively common in the central and eastern parts of the state, examples decorated with faux wood graining are extremely rare. This piece features a variety of graining techniques. The door frames and sides of the case are striped to simulate rosewood, while the doors and drawers are painted to look as if they are covered in matching sheets of elaboratively figured veneer. The pronounced cornice is spotted with paint to give the appearance of being cut from burled wood. In central Texas, where the wardrobe was made, German immigrants produced virtually all of the furniture from the 1840s to the 1880s, when the coming of the railway made possible the shipment of factory-made furniture from the Midwest.
Excerpt from
Bonnie Pitman, ed. Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), 196.
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Notes
added more tags - JBA 9/26
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Bonnie Pitman, ed. Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), 196.
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Tiemann family, Warrenton, Fayette County, Texas [1]
Until 1992: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Round Top, Texas
From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above
[1] Lonn Taylor, David B. Warren, and Don Carleton, Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880 (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2012), 88.
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