Cabinet Doors & Fronts · Victorian (Queen Anne, Eastlake)
George Croome Renaissance Revival Cabinet, Boston (1875–77)
A mahogany cabinet by Boston maker George Croome from the mid-1870s, with a carved crest, columns and a single center door with a bronze medallion.
Design characteristics
Renaissance Revival furniture was the formal style of choice in American parlors after the Civil War. Croome's cabinet uses its typical elements: a broken crest, columns framing the door, raised panels outlined with moulding and a bronze medallion as a focal point. Mahogany, rosewood and maple are used for contrast. As a reference for modern work, it shows how a single cabinet door can become a feature with framing pilasters and a central ornament, an approach that works for a bar cabinet or a hall console.
Classification
- Category
- Cabinet Doors & Fronts
- Motifs
- Incised geometric
- Date
- 1875–77
- Maker or designer
- George Croome (American, 1807–1879) Boston
- Recorded medium
- Mahogany, rosewood, maple, pine, and bronze
- Dimensions
- 140 × 124.8 × 48.3 cm (55 1/8 × 49 1/8 × 19 in.)
- Evidence
- Documented historical object
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
Architectural context
Carved mantels, layered trim and dark, decorative hardwoods. Britain and the United States · c. 1837–1901.
