The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 22, 2026

A sage green and dark wood sideboard features rounded edges and three bare shelves. Two columns of sage green drawers, separated by thin metallic bands and fitted with wood handles, are connected by the central shelves. The dark brown top is detailed with a repeating geometric pattern carved along the front edge. Resting on a dark wood base, the piece blends streamlined surfaces with refined, angular decorative details.

Sideboard from "The Kem Weber Group"

1928–1929
designed by

Kem (Karl Emanuel Martin) Weber

(American, b. Germany, 1889–1963)
manufacturer

Grand Rapids Chair Company

(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=22 April 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

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