.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
Set of Four Window Valences, circa 1937
Details
FRANCES ELKINS (1887-1953)
Set of Four Window Valences, circa 1937
produced by Peter Bylling for Myron Oliver, Monterey, California
wood, fabric upholstery
23 x 78 x 7 ½ in. (58.4 x 198.1 x 19 cm) (each)
Set of Four Window Valences, circa 1937
produced by Peter Bylling for Myron Oliver, Monterey, California
wood, fabric upholstery
23 x 78 x 7 ½ in. (58.4 x 198.1 x 19 cm) (each)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Zellerbach, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, circa 1937, commissioned from Frances Elkins (Dining Room)
Norah and Norman Stone, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 1994
Acquired from the above by the present owner, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 2022
Norah and Norman Stone, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 1994
Acquired from the above by the present owner, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 2022
Literature
J. Chatfield-Taylor, “An Elkins Revival: Classic Lines and Contemporary Art in San Francisco,” Architectural Digest, New York, special issue, vol. 53, no. 2, February 1996, pp. 144-151 (for a discussion of the interior)
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, New York, 2005, pp. 106-109 (for a related example in the Dining Room of the Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wheeler Residence, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1934), 108-109 (present lot illustrated), 108-123 (for a discussion of the commission)
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 254 (for a discussion of the commission)
P. E. Meza, Inventing the California Look, New York, 2022, pp. 226-229 (for a discussion of the commission)
S. Powell, Frances Elkins: Visionary American Designer, New York, 2023, pp. 177 (present lot illustrated), 174-179 (for a discussion of the commission)
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, New York, 2005, pp. 106-109 (for a related example in the Dining Room of the Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wheeler Residence, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1934), 108-109 (present lot illustrated), 108-123 (for a discussion of the commission)
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 254 (for a discussion of the commission)
P. E. Meza, Inventing the California Look, New York, 2022, pp. 226-229 (for a discussion of the commission)
S. Powell, Frances Elkins: Visionary American Designer, New York, 2023, pp. 177 (present lot illustrated), 174-179 (for a discussion of the commission)
Further details
Another version of these carved wooden valences was used by Frances Elkins in the Dining Room of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wheeler's residence, Lake Forest, Illinois in 1934.
Brought to you by
Victoria Allerton Tudor
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale