A GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR

SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY IRISH

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
Second quarter 18th century, possibly Irish
The curved crestrail over a baluster-form backsplat above a shaped drop-in seat covered in floral needlework upholstery between outswept shepherd's crook arms on a conforming seatrail on foliate and shell-capped cabriole legs on claw feet

Provenance

J. J. Wolf, New York
With Collection of Martha Baird Rockefeller, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 14-16 October 1971, lot 500.
Collection of Ira and Nancy Koger, Sotheby's New York, 24 October 1998, lot 1341, ($5,175).

Lot Essay

This chair once belonged in the collection formed by Martha Baird Rockefeller. On August 15, 1951, John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (JDR Jr.) married Mrs. Martha Baird Allen, a former concert pianist and the widow of Arthur M. Allen, a classmate at Brown University. JDR Jr. was a generous philanthropist and the son of John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Company. Martha Baird Rockefeller became a respected philanthropist in her own right, and created the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music in 1957.

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