Parlor Stove, 1886

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Stove (Heating equipment)

Date Made

1886

Creator Notes

Made by Sill Stove Works, Rochester, New York.

Location

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.
Parlor Stove, 1886