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Object Description
| Brief description | Desk and bookcase attributed to Aslak Olsen Lie, Klevenville, Dane County, ca. 1860-1870. |
| Object name | Desk and bookcase |
| Alternate object name | Secretary |
| Maker | Lie, Aslak Olsen, 1798-1886 |
| Date | ca. 1860-1870 |
| Dimensions | 81 1/2"H x 25 1/2"W x 27"D |
| Materials and techniques | Wood; Glazed doors |
| Original location | Klevenville, Dane County, Wisconsin |
| Current location | Wisconsin |
| Description | This tall, narrow desk and bookcase retains its original red paint. The feet, upper doors, and interior dividers are all modern replacements. When initially acquired by the current owner, the shelves were lined with pages from an 1870 issue of the Wisconsin State Journal. |
| History |
According to the owner, this cupboard was acquired at auction from the Fjeld farm in southeast Dane County, Wisconsin. The attribution is assigned based on the similarity of the applied moldings to those initially found on a chest of drawers known to have been made by Lie for his son Halvor Lie (illustrated in Bakken, p. 101). Before immigrating to the United States in 1848, Aslak Olsen Lie achieved success as a skilled cabinetmaker, decorative painter and metalworker in Valdres, Norway. Lie became one of the pioneers of the migration from Valdres to Wisconsin when, at the age of fifty, he relocated his family to the tiny Dane County community of Klevenville. In this enclave of Norwegian settlement, he provided local families with furniture in both traditional Norwegian forms and popular American styles. An 1875 photograph of Lie and his family outside their Klevenville home is part of the image archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHi-27635): http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=27635 |
| Sources | John O. Holzhueter, "Aslak Lie and the Challenge of the Artifact" Wisconsin Magazine of History 70:1 (1986): 2-20 (available online from the Wisconsin Historical Society): http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wmh,36220 and Reidar Bakken, Snikkaren Aslak Olsen Lie: Bygdekunstnar i Valdres og Wisconsin, 1798-1886: Craftsman on Two Continents (Oslo: Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture, 2000). |
| Owner | Private Collection |
| Rights | The artifact illustrated here is privately owned. Images of and information about the artifact are made available by the Wisconsin Historical Society for educational purposes. The images and information may be viewed, downloaded and printed by individuals for personal use, research or teaching purposes, or other "fair use" as defined by U.S. copyright law. All other uses are strictly prohibited without prior written permission from the Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information, see http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/copyright.asp |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | PC002 |
| Digital format | XML |
| Type | Physical object |
| Keywords | Furniture; Desk and bookcase; Desk; Case furniture; Furnishings (artifacts); Furnishings and equipment |
| Date digitized | 2009-10-07 |
| Date modified | 2010-10-01 |
Description
| Object name | Desk and bookcase: full view |
| Rights | The artifact illustrated here is privately owned. Images of and information about the artifact are made available by the Wisconsin Historical Society for educational purposes. The images and information may be viewed, downloaded and printed by individuals for personal use, research or teaching purposes, or other "fair use" as defined by U.S. copyright law. All other uses are strictly prohibited without prior written permission from the Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information, see http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/copyright.asp |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | PC002a |
| Digital format | image/jpeg |
| Type | Physical object |
| Date digitized | 2009-10-07 |
| Date modified | 2009-10-07 |
