.jpg?w=1)
GALLERY AND STAIRCASE HALL
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SOFA
LATE 18TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
Details
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SOFA
LATE 18TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
The shaped serpenting back, outscolled arms and seat covered in claret velvet with patterned close-nailing, re-covered
87½ in. (222 cm.) wide
LATE 18TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
The shaped serpenting back, outscolled arms and seat covered in claret velvet with patterned close-nailing, re-covered
87½ in. (222 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired from Owen Evan-Thomas Ltd., London for £65 ($221) and shipped in January/February 1932 (listed by Frances Elkins on 24 February).
Literature
A. O. Patterson, 'On the High Bluffs of Lake Forest near Chicago', Town and Country, 15 January 1934, p. 25.
S. M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 134.
L. Goff, Stone Houses: Colonial to Contemporary, Boston, 2002, p.172.
K. Coventry, D. Meyer and A. Miller, Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest, New York, 2003, p. 271.
S. E. Cohen and S. S. Benjamin, North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburb 1890-1940, New York, 2004, p. 280.
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, p. 64.
S. M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 134.
L. Goff, Stone Houses: Colonial to Contemporary, Boston, 2002, p.172.
K. Coventry, D. Meyer and A. Miller, Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest, New York, 2003, p. 271.
S. E. Cohen and S. S. Benjamin, North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburb 1890-1940, New York, 2004, p. 280.
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, p. 64.