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CIRCA 1930, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
Details
A PAIR OF SILVERED WING CHAIRS
CIRCA 1930, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
In the George I style, each with arched crestrail and wings continuing to outscroll arms, each with matching bolster pillow, on square legs joined by stretchers, covered in yellow quilted fabric with tassled fringe (2)
CIRCA 1930, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
In the George I style, each with arched crestrail and wings continuing to outscroll arms, each with matching bolster pillow, on square legs joined by stretchers, covered in yellow quilted fabric with tassled fringe (2)
Provenance
Acquired from Stuart and Turner, London as 'modern' for £74.58. '1 yellow quilt to cover 2 chairs' was acquired from Huard for $125.
Literature
A. O. Patterson, 'On the High Bluffs of Lake Forest near Chicago', Town and Country, 15 January 1934, p. 22.
M. L. Estrin, To The Manor Born, Boston, 1979, p. 25.
S. M. Salny, 'Historic Interiors: Frances Elkins. A Surviving Example of the Noted Designer's Work', Architectural Digest, July 1980, p. 90.
S. M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 133.
M. Thorne, ed., David Adler Architect: The Elements of Style, 2002, p. 204.
S. E. Cohen and S. S. Benjamin, North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburb 1890-1940, New York, 2004, p. 282.
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, p. 62.
M. L. Estrin, To The Manor Born, Boston, 1979, p. 25.
S. M. Salny, 'Historic Interiors: Frances Elkins. A Surviving Example of the Noted Designer's Work', Architectural Digest, July 1980, p. 90.
S. M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 133.
M. Thorne, ed., David Adler Architect: The Elements of Style, 2002, p. 204.
S. E. Cohen and S. S. Benjamin, North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburb 1890-1940, New York, 2004, p. 282.
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, p. 62.