A SILVERED OPEN ARMCHAIR
A SILVERED OPEN ARMCHAIR

CIRCA 1930, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS

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A SILVERED OPEN ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1930, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
In the George I style, the rectangular back and seat flanked by open arm rests, on cabriole legs headed by a shell and on ball and claw feet, covered in yellow quilted fabric
Provenance
Acquired from Stuart and Turner, London as 'modern' for £13.10 ($45.90).
'1 yellow skirt to cover chair' was acquired from Royal School of Needlework for £5.13.16 ($19.30).
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, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 133.
M. Thorne, ed., David Adler Architect: The Elements of Style, 2002, p. 204.
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, p. 62.

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