Parlor Stove (The Star No. 3)
Maker
A. Buel & Co.
(American, active Walesville, New York, active 1851)
Date1851
MediumCast iron
DimensionsOverall: 23 x 23 x 19 1/2 in., (58.4 x 58.4 x 49.5 cm,)
ClassificationsFURNISHINGS
Credit LineGift of Donald and Barbra Ladd
Object number88.64.1
DescriptionGothic decoration with vase-shaped reservoir on topOn View
Not on viewCollections
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Label TextPopularized by architect-designers Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-92) and Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-52), American Gothic architecture and furniture reached the pinnacle of its appeal in the mid-nineteenth century. Stove designers borrowed freely from architectural and cabinetmaking design books as illustrated by these two parlor stoves. Each exhibits Gothic details-such as cluster columns and tracery-in combination with subtle naturalistic details. The stoves are testament to the high quality and fashionable iron wares produced by the once-thriving iron industry in the greater Utica area.
ATD
(August 2002)
