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EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS FOR THE KERSEY COATES REED HOUSE
Details
A PAIR OF EBONISED-WOOD AND IRON URNS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS FOR THE KERSEY COATES REED HOUSE
Each of tapering form, with an acorn and oak leaf finial surmounting a spiral-fluted lid, with thin moulded handles, with evidence of previously bronzed surface, losses
31 in. (79 cm.) high
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS FOR THE KERSEY COATES REED HOUSE
Each of tapering form, with an acorn and oak leaf finial surmounting a spiral-fluted lid, with thin moulded handles, with evidence of previously bronzed surface, losses
31 in. (79 cm.) high
Provenance
Property from the Kersey Coates Reed House, Lake Forest, Illinois; sold Christie's, New York, 27 October 2006, lot 218.
Literature
A.O. Patterson, 'On the High Bluffs of Lake Forest near Chicago', Town and Country, 15 January 1934, p. 25.
S.M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 134.
L. Goff, Stone Houses: Colonial to Contemporary, Boston, 2002, p. 172.
K. Coventry, D. Meyer and A. Miller, Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest, New York, 2003, p. 271.
S.E. Cohen and S. S. Benjamin, North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburb 1890-1940, New York, 2004, p. 280.
S.M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, p. 64.
S.M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 134.
L. Goff, Stone Houses: Colonial to Contemporary, Boston, 2002, p. 172.
K. Coventry, D. Meyer and A. Miller, Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest, New York, 2003, p. 271.
S.E. Cohen and S. S. Benjamin, North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburb 1890-1940, New York, 2004, p. 280.
S.M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, p. 64.
Special notice
Following the auction, this lot will be stored at Crozier Park Royal and will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day after the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 I Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.
