A RARE AND IMPORTANT INLAID OAK CHAIR

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A RARE AND IMPORTANT INLAID OAK CHAIR
BY HARVEY ELLIS FOR GUSTAV STICKLEY, CIRCA 1903

The tall back with an upward curved crestrail above three vertical slats, the central slat with inlay in various woods, copper and pewter of a stylized plant form, the square rush seat on four legs joined on all sides by stretchers, the front stretcher featuring a slight downward curve, signed on back leg with a red decal with the firm's logo outlined
47¾in. (121.3cm.) high, 18¾in. (47.6cm.) wide, 16 7/8in. (42.8cm.) deep

Provenance

Frances Gray Boone, Los Angeles

Lot Essay

cf. Leslie Greene Bowman, American Arts & Crafts, Virtue in Design, The Los Angeles County Museum and Bullfinch Press, 1990, p. 80, fig. 51 for an illustration of this model; also Beth Cathers and Tod Volpe, Treasures of the American Arts & Crafts Movement 1890-1920, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1988, p. 36, fig. 8.