The Cleveland Museum of Art opened an exhibition tracing the history of Rose Iron Works, a Cleveland decorative metalwork company founded in the early 1900s by Hungarian blacksmith Martin Rose, in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Art Deco. The free exhibition covers the firm’s evolution from Art Nouveau to Art Deco.

Rose Iron Works became one of the leading manufacturers of decorative metalwork in the United States, with its work appearing on notable Cleveland buildings. Martin Rose collaborated with Paul Feher, a Paris-based designer who joined the company, to produce pieces including the Muse with Violin Screen (1930), now in the CMA’s collection. Ada de Wit, the Ellen S. and Bruce V. Mavec Curator of Decorative Arts at the CMA, said the exhibition “places Rose Iron Works in context with an elite network of blacksmiths and designers in Europe between the cities of Budapest, Hungary; Vienna, Austria; and Paris, France.”

Source: https://www.clevelandart.org/about/press/new-exhibition-cleveland-museum-art-celebrates-rose-iron-works-and-100th-anniversary