A PAIR OF WROUGHT-IRON ANDIRONS DESIGNED BY WILLIAM WALLACE DENSLOW PRODUCED BY THE ROYCROFTERS, CIRCA 1902-1904 Modeled as stylized sea-horses seated upon rectangular legs ending in square pad feet-- 24 1/2in. (62cm.) high, 13in. (33cm.) wide, 21in. (53.5cm.) deep cf. Austin M. Fox, "The Elbert Hubbard Legend Lives on in The 'New' Hubbard Museum in East Aurora," Buffalo Spree , Winter, 1990, p. 57 for an illustration of this model in situ in the museum, p. 58 for a discussion of Denslow and the use by Denslow of the seahorse as a logo in his illustration work. Denslow illustrated the first edition in 1900 of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , as well as subsequent series. (2)
A PAIR OF WROUGHT-IRON ANDIRONS DESIGNED BY WILLIAM WALLACE DENSLOW PRODUCED BY THE ROYCROFTERS, CIRCA 1902-1904 Modeled as stylized sea-horses seated upon rectangular legs ending in square pad feet-- 24 1/2in. (62cm.) high, 13in. (33cm.) wide, 21in. (53.5cm.) deep cf. Austin M. Fox, "The Elbert Hubbard Legend Lives on in The 'New' Hubbard Museum in East Aurora," Buffalo Spree , Winter, 1990, p. 57 for an illustration of this model in situ in the museum, p. 58 for a discussion of Denslow and the use by Denslow of the seahorse as a logo in his illustration work. Denslow illustrated the first edition in 1900 of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , as well as subsequent series. (2)
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