Parlor Stove, 1886
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This heating stove was intended to blend with furnishings made in the Victorian Aesthetic Movement. Aesthetic designers sought to transform Victorian taste away from popular revival styles toward something new and elegant. There was no single Aesthetic style, rather a common set of design motifs, including stylized botanical forms, and an interest in elegant decorative tiles, which appear on this stove.
This heating stove was intended to blend with furnishings made in the Victorian Aesthetic Movement. Aesthetic designers sought to transform Victorian taste away from popular revival styles toward something new and elegant. There was no single Aesthetic style, rather a common set of design motifs, including stylized botanical forms, and an interest in elegant decorative tiles, which appear on this stove.
Artifact
Stove (Heating equipment)
Date Made
1886
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New York, Rochester
Creator Notes
Made by Sill Stove Works, Rochester, New York.
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Fully Furnished
Object ID
33.128.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eva Jean Lampkin
Material
Cast iron
Color
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 46.5 in
Width: 31.5 in
Length: 34 in
Inscriptions
On back: STERLING/ NO. 30 - 1886 SILL STOVE/ WORKS./ ROCHESTER/ N.Y.
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