Detail View: The AMICA Library: Music Stand

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.1979.320
AMICA Library Year: 
2000
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Esherick, Wharton
Creator Nationality: 
North American; American
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
American, 1887-1970
Creator Name-CRT: 
Wharton Esherick
Title: 
Music Stand
View: 
Side View
Creation Date: 
1962
Creation Start Date: 
1962
Creation End Date: 
1962
Materials and Techniques: 
Cherry wood
Classification Term: 
Furniture
Dimensions: 
Unmeasured
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
1979.320
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Irwin R. Berman, in memory of his father, Allan Lake Berman, 1979
Rights: 
Context: 

Wharton Esherick, a pioneer of the Studio Craft Movement, is renowned for his furniture and architectural elements of sensitively hand-carved wood. More interested in his craft than in publicity or volume of output, Esherick preferred to work with a small number of like-minded clients. Even so, he created hundreds of unique pieces during his lifetime and only rarely produced designs in multiple numbers. The original model for this music stand was made in 1960. The design was later replicated with the help of an assistant in an edition of twenty-four, of which this is one. The donor purchased this example from the Esherick family.

Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.ma1979.320.AV1.tif