Christia Reade

Artist Details

• First Name Christia
• Middle Name Maria
• Maiden Name Reade
• Alternate Name(s) Christia M. Reade
• Surname Reade
• Spouse’s Full Name n/a
• Names and Birth Years of Children n/a
• Birth Date 1868
• Death Date after 1908
• Residence(s) 15 W. Maple St., Lombard, Illinois
• Active In Chicago, Illinois
• Studio Location(s) 211 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 1897: Marshall Field Building, State St., Chicago, Illinois 1902-1929: 1039 Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois  
• Categories Draftsman, Furniture Maker, Stained Glass, Watercolorist
• Training late 1880s: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Decorative Design, Chicago, Illinois
  2½ years study in Europe
  Student of Luc-Olivier Merson, Paris, France
   
  
• Exhibitions History 1895: Annual Exhibition, Palette Club, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1897: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1902-1903: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; carved walnut bellows; mahogany book rack; copper mounting for a leather bag; copper lock with plates and hinge ornaments; an oak screen with copper panels; copper buckles, brooches, and cloak buttons set with opal, malachite, and amber
  
  March 31-April 19, 1908: Twenty-First Annual Exhibition the Chicago Architectural Club, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; leather mats, chair with leather carving, cover of Bride’s Book
• Collections Lombard Historical Society, Lombard, Illinois
  
  Trinity Episcopal Church, Wheaton, Illinois
  
  West Chicago Public Library District, West Chicago, Illinois
• Publications Bennett, Frances Cheney. History of Music and Art in Illinois. Philadelphia, Historical Publishing Co., 1904. Evon, Darcy L. Hand Wrought Arts & Crafts Metalwork and Jewelry: 1890-1940. Schiffer, 2014. Karlin, Elyse Zorn, et. Maker & Muse: Women in Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry. 2015. “Miss Christina M. Reade, and Her Work,” in The Decorator and Furnisher, February 1897 Stone, Wilbur Macey, “Women Designers of Book-Plates,” New York: The Triptych, 1902.
• Memberships 1895-?: Palette Club, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1917:  Chicago Artists Guild
  
  Artists’ Guild, Chicago, Illinois
  
  art associations in Oak Park and Lombard, Illinois
  
  Chicago Woman's Club
  
  Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
• Awards 1914: Municipal Art Artists’ League prize, Annual Exhibition of Applied Art and Original Designs for Decorations, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; lamps and fixtures [with George H. Trautman]
• Other Occupation(s) principal designer with the Krayle Company and Workshops, Marshall Field building, Chicago, Illinois; she was a founder of this company in 1899
  
  suffragette
  
  progressive thinker
• Website(s) Driehaus Museum blog, May 6, 2015 on the Lilac Festival Queen crown
• Biography Parents: Josiah Torrey and Christia Murray Reade; father from Chicago, mother a New York school teacher