Key facts

Product:
Coffee table
Manufacturer:
Wright
Architonic ID:
4104140
Launched:
1958
Country:
United States
Category:
Furnishings

Product description

Figured mahogany
58"w x 36"d x 18"h
In the decade before he died in 1970 at the age of 83, Wharton Esherick was heralded by the national art and design community as the "Dean of American Craftsmen." It was a fitting title for a lifetime spent in pursuit of craft. Ironically, much of his career was spent in relative isolation; a lone artisan pursuing his own vision of high-art craftsmanship during a period when hand craftsmanship was generally held in low regard by American culture. Yet ultimately, Esherick's work helped lead to the craft renaissance of the 1960s. The table shown here is a fine example displaying the complexity and subtleties of Esherick's art. Carved signature and date: [W. E. 1958] on edge.