Lot Essay
cf. Randell Makinson, Greene & Greene, Furniture and Related Designs, Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City, 1982, p. 51 shows a chair of this design in the Bolton-Bush writing room, circa 1908.
Details
A MAHOGANY DESK CHAIR
BY CHARLES SUMNER GREENE, CIRCA 1907
The mahogany seat broad in front, tapering toward the backrest, the back legs forming the curving posts of the backrest, the central splat carved with an openwork design, flanked by two slender slats and surmounted by a sculpted crestrail, the seat over gently sculpted aprons and a single stretcher, with characteristic ebony pegs
33in. (83.8cm.) high
BY CHARLES SUMNER GREENE, CIRCA 1907
The mahogany seat broad in front, tapering toward the backrest, the back legs forming the curving posts of the backrest, the central splat carved with an openwork design, flanked by two slender slats and surmounted by a sculpted crestrail, the seat over gently sculpted aprons and a single stretcher, with characteristic ebony pegs
33in. (83.8cm.) high
Provenance
Descended in the family of Charles Greene