Lot Essay
See footnote to lot 34 regarding the James L. Breese commission at 'The Orchard', Southampton.
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SAN FRANCISCO
(LOTS 160-225)
A PAIR OF NEOCLASSIC STYLE BARDIGLIO AND WHITE MARBLE CORINTHIAN COLUMNS
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF NEOCLASSIC STYLE BARDIGLIO AND WHITE MARBLE CORINTHIAN COLUMNS
Late 19th/early 20th century
Each shaft on a ring-collared base and square foot, the capitals supporting later grey-painted circular wood tops
52in. (132cm.) high, 8½in. (21.5cm.) diameter (2)
Late 19th/early 20th century
Each shaft on a ring-collared base and square foot, the capitals supporting later grey-painted circular wood tops
52in. (132cm.) high, 8½in. (21.5cm.) diameter (2)
Provenance
Part of a commission supplied by Stanford White in 1898-1906 for James L. Breese for 'The Orchard', Southampton, New York.
Acquired with the house by Charles E. Merrill in 1926.
Thence by descent.
Acquired with the house by Charles E. Merrill in 1926.
Thence by descent.
Literature
S.G. White, The Houses of McKim, Mead and White, New York, 1998, p.244 (shown in situ in the Conservatory at The Orchard).