GEORGE WASHINGTON MAHER (1864-1926) Custom Pair of Andirons circa 1905 for the Herman W. Mallen House, Oak Park, Illinois, patinated bronze height 18in (46cm); width 11in (28cm); depth 4 1/2in (11.5cm) Footnotes: The offered lot was a bespoke design for the main fireplace in the formal Living Room of the Mallen House and was subsequently removed during a remodel of the home following a fire in the 1980s. George Washington Maher was a Chicago based architect known for his significant contributions to the Prairie School and Arts & Crafts design movements. Like his contemporaries, Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Maher was known to use motifs that were based on geometric patterning mixed with designs from nature. Maher would creatively tie the design elements throughout a home together by his repeated use of patterns that were incorporated in his custom windows, tiles and woodwork as well as on bespoke pieces of lighting and furniture. Provenance Private Collector, Pacific Northwest