Pianoforte

1818

James Stewart
American, b. Scotland, active 1812–1826
Baltimore

Status: On View, Gallery 172
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: James Stewart
Title: Pianoforte
Place: Baltimore (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1818
Medium: Mahogany, mahogany veneer, poplar, oak, ebony, ivory, ormolu, and brass
Inscriptions: Labeled: "J. Stewart/Baltimore/Hanover Street" Stamped inside at right: "JA## Stewart **1818##"
Dimensions: 83.2 × 170.2 × 64.1 cm (32 3/4 × 67 × 25 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Herbert McLaughlin
Reference Number: 1970.430
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Stiles T. Colwill, Expatriated Masterpieces of Maryland’s Cabinetmakers, in Maryland Antiques Show and Sale, Museum and Library of Maryland History, Maryland Historical Society, February 14–17, 1985, 71–2 (ill.).
Ruth Davidson, Museum Accessions in The Magazine Antiques, v. CII, no. 3 (Sept, 1972), 361–2, 370 (ill.).
Milo M. Naeve, Classical Presence in American Art, Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1978, 24 (ill.).
Gregory R. Weidman, Furniture in Maryland 1740–1940, Baltimore, Maryland Historical Society, 1984, 148, note 9.
Milo M. Naeve, Identifying American Furniture, Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and Local HIstory, 1989, 2nd ed., 19, no. 50 (ill.).
Weidman, Gregory R., Jennifer F. Goldsborough, et al., Classical Maryland 1815–1845: Fine and Decorative Arts from the Golden Age, Maryland Historial Society and the Museum and Library of Maryland History, 1993, 132, 138 (ill.).
Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 143–147, no. 62.

James Dwight Brewer (1819-1886), Springfield, MA; to Edward Spaulding Brewer (1846-1911); to Edward Harris Brewer (1874-1964), Connecticut; to Corrine Brewer (Mrs. Herbert) McLaughlin (1911-1989), Lake Forest, IL by 1970; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1970.

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