Lot Essay
A similar chair from the Samuel Messer Collection was sold Christie's London, 5 December 1991, lot 64, and a pair en suite sold in these Rooms, 29 April 1992, lot 141; others from this group are illustrated in M. Harris and Sons, An Abridged Introductory Catalogue of Antique Furniture and Works of Art, n.d., p. 34 (No. F9268), and a set from the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. collection was sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, 6-7 May 1960, lot 363.