SUPPLIED BY FREDERICK P. VICTORIA, 20TH CENTURY

THIS STYLISH MODEL OF CHAIR, SUPPLIED BY FREDERICK P. VICTORIA, WAS KNOWN AS THE 'COLE PORTER CHAIR'. IT WAS BASED ON A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI CHAIRS BY HENRI JACOB SUPPLIED BY F.P. VICTORIA TO COLE PORTER, WITH THE ADDITIONAL FEATURE OF THE INSET LACQUERED BACK (INFORMATION KINDLY SUPPLIED BY ANTHONY VICTORIA). ANOTHER CHAIR OF THIS MODEL WAS WAS SUPPLIED TO THE VILLA FIORENTINA, CAP FERRAT, WHOSE CELEBRATED INTERIORS WERE FURNISHED BY BILLY BALDWIN FOR MARY WELLS AND HARDING LAWRENCE (THIS CHAIR WAS LATER SOLD SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK, 23 MAY 2001, LOT, 320.)