The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 15, 2025

Sideboard from "The Kem Weber Group"

1928–1929
(American, b. Germany, 1889–1963)
(American)
America, Michigan, Grand Rapids, 20th century
sage green painted wood
Overall: 83.9 x 182.8 x 48.3 cm (33 1/16 x 71 15/16 x 19 in.)
The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Fund 2003.4.2
Location: not on view

Description

This chair and sideboard by Kem Weber combine the linear impact of urban architecture with decorative detailing inspired by Mayan temples, the two most influential visual references used by modernist designers in the late 1920s.
  • Coffin, Sarah D., and Stephen Harrison. The Jazz Age: American style in the 1920s. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017. Reproduced: fig. 363, p. 296 - 297
  • The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (April 7-August 20, 2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).
    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (4/7/2017 - 8/20/2017) and The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH (9/30/2017 - 1/14/2018): "The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s"
  • {{cite web|title=Sideboard from "The Kem Weber Group"|url=false|author=Kem (Karl Emanuel Martin) Weber, Grand Rapids Chair Company|year=1928–1929|access-date=15 March 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.4.2