Key facts

Product:
Andirons/firescreen for the Rouse reside
Manufacturer:
Wright
Architonic ID:
4103871
Launched:
1930
Country:
United States

Product description

Aluminum, iron, steel
52"w x 34.5"d x 32"h
John Becker, a student of Walter Gropius at Harvard in the 1920s, created a modern house in Cincinnati for Insurance magnate Rouse whose house these andirons come from. They have remained in the house since they were custom made in the 1930s.
Provenance: Dr. John Albers, Cincinnati, Ohio