PROPERTY OF THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT FUTURE ACQUISITIONS (LOT 345)

A GEORGE I WALNUT DOUBLE-CHAIRBACK SETTEE

CIRCA 1725

Details

A GEORGE I WALNUT DOUBLE-CHAIRBACK SETTEE
CIRCA 1725
The double yoke-form crestrail with solid vasiform splats headed by carved shells, with outswept acanthus and eagle-head arm terminals, the sides now padded, the padded drop-in seat covered in blue damask, on cabriole legs headed by shells on ball-and-claw feet, a white sticker reading 22769, paper shipment label reading COLLECT ON 2/... BROS/...#302 5TH AVE/NEW YORK NEW YORK, the back stamped twice S.S.
48 in. (122 cm.) wide

Provenance

George D. Widener.
Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice.
With French & Co., New York.

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Lot Essay

Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice (1868-1937) was the widow of George Widener (1861-1912) who survived the sinking of the Titanic due to the actions of her husband, who perished in the disaster along with their son, Henry Elkins Widener. George Widener's father, Peter A.B. Widener (1834-1915) made his fortune in Philadelphia streetcars which was parlayed into founding stakes in US Steel, American Tobacco and Standard Oil. The Widener family home, Lynnewood Hall, housed one of the most important Gilded Age collections of Old Master paintings and decorative arts, including over a dozen Rembrandts as well as examples by contemporary artists such as Renoir and Manet. In 1940, over 2000 works from the collection were donated to the National Gallery of Art. Mrs. Widener married the surgeon and explorer Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice (1875-1956) in 1915.

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