Beth Lipman and Jonathan Prown
Reimagining and Redemption: The Chipstone Foundation’s Secretary with Chipmunk

American Furniture 2022

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  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    Desk-and-bookcase, Boston, Massachusetts, 1760–1770. Mahogany with white pine. H. 96", W. 41", D. 20 1/4". (Chipstone Foundation; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) The disguised repairs and faked components and surfaces probably date ca. 1955.

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wisconsin.

  • Figure 3
    Figure 3

    Front exhibition wall from The Truth Lies Within: Furniture Fakes from the Chipstone Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, 2002. (Photo, Jorrin Hood.) 

  • Figure 4
    Figure 4

    Image of kintsugi ceramic. 

  • Figure 5
    Figure 5

    Beth Lipman, Distill #15, 2015. Cast iron with rust patina. 12" x 10" x 6". (Photo, JMKAC/Kohler Co.) 

  • Figure 6
    Figure 6

    Beth Lipman, Sphenophyllum and Chains, 2019. Glass, wood, metal, paint, adhesive. 54" x 38" x 50". (Photo, Rich Maciejewski.) 

  • Figure 7
    Figure 7

    Beth Lipman, Sideboard with Blue China, 2013. Glass, wood, paint, adhesive. 111" x 300" x 22". (Courtesy, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; photo, Margaret Fox.) 

  • Figure 8
    Figure 8

    Beth Lipman, Secretary with Chipmunk, 2015. Wood, glass, ash, gold, brass, mirror, sugar, salt, adhesive. 96" x 41" x 20 1/4". (Chipstone Foundation; photo, Jim Wildemann.) 

  • Figure 9
    Figure 9

    Detail showing the cornice of Secretary with Chipmunk. 

  • Figure 10
    Figure 10

    Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, Paris, 1767. 32" x 25 1/4". Oil on canvas. (© By kind permission of the Trustees of the Wallace Collection, London.) 

  • Figure 11
    Figure 11

    Detail showing the central compartment of the upper section of Secretary with Chipmunk. 

  • Figure 12
    Figure 12

    Detail showing the fallboard of Secretary with Chipmunk. 

  • Figure 13
    Figure 13

    In-process image of the fallboard shown in fig. 12. 

  • Figure 14
    Figure 14

    Image showing Secretary with Chipmunk in process. (Photo, Kenneth Sager.)