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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GUY FAIRFAX CARY
(LOTS 550-559)
Christie's is proud to offer selected properties from the estate of Guy Fairfax Cary, Jr. Mr. Cary inherited the property from his mother Cynthia Cary, both long time residents of Newport, Rhode Island.
Elm Court, the Bellevue Avenue home of the family for four generations, was furnished during the early years of the 20th century by Mrs. Cary with taste and discernment, in a style reminiscent of the distinguished English homes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The ambiance was well suited to the period of the disciplines, mores and manners of her youth. Cynthia Cary was of the generation in Newport that emerged from the gilded age, possessing the self-assurance and comfortable confidence in their way of life inherent in the maturity that results from prior generations of wealth and privilege. Her life was one of quiet luxury surrounded by her friends that included Janet Auchincloss and Mary Whitehouse. After her death, Guy Cary continued to live a contented life at Elm Court which remained as it had been for years.
The lots from the Cary family included in this catalogue will now find new homes after years of serving the aesthetic needs of four generations of my dear friends.
Ralph Carpenter
Christie's International Representative
Newport, Rhode Island
Property from the Estate of Guy Fairfax Cary (Lots 550-559)
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD BERGERES
CIRCA 1775
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD BERGERES
CIRCA 1775
Each arched ribbon-twist carved padded back and arms on vine-tendril supports with serpentine upholstered seat with fluted rail on rosette capped leaf-carved turned and fluted tapering legs, with baton carrying holes, traces of earlier water gilding
CIRCA 1775
Each arched ribbon-twist carved padded back and arms on vine-tendril supports with serpentine upholstered seat with fluted rail on rosette capped leaf-carved turned and fluted tapering legs, with baton carrying holes, traces of earlier water gilding