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A Stylish Collaboration:
The Georgetown Residence of Mrs. Marion O. Charles
The names of Sister Parish and Albert Hadley are legendary in the history of 20th century American interior design. This celebrated partnership was, along with other noted designers, involved in the decoration of Dunbar House, an Italianate Victorian villa perched on a hill in Georgetown. For nearly fifty years Dunbar was the home of Mrs. Marion O. Charles (known as Oatsie - her maiden name was Oates), one of Washington's most distinguished hostesses. Together with Parish, Hadley, Grace Fakes, Mark Hampton and latterly Anthony P. Browne, Mrs. Charles created a series of elegant and comfortable rooms that reflect her love for the English country house; the library pays homage to Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill. A selection of fine and decorative arts from Mrs. Charles's collection will be included in the following sales at Christie's:
The House Sale, New York, 2-3 October 2007
Old Master Paintings, New York, 4 October 2007
Sporting Art, New York, 28 November 2007
Russian Works of Art, London, 28 November 2007
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. MARION O. CHARLES
(LOTS 6-10)
THREE CARVED WHITE MARBLE FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF ASIA, EUROPE AND AMERICA
LATE 19TH 20TH CENTURY
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THREE CARVED WHITE MARBLE FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF ASIA, EUROPE AND AMERICA
LATE 19TH 20TH CENTURY
Comprising America wearing a feather headdress, skirt and lion pelt and standing on a crocodile, Asia wearing drapery robes and standing on a seated camel and Europe wearing a crown and Classical robes, her hand resting on a horse's head, each resting on an ogee-molded stone composite plinth, lacking carved elements to hands, arms restored, weathered, some variations in size
The tallest statue 54 in. (137 cm.) high, the bases 19¼ in. (49 cm.) high (3)
LATE 19TH 20TH CENTURY
Comprising America wearing a feather headdress, skirt and lion pelt and standing on a crocodile, Asia wearing drapery robes and standing on a seated camel and Europe wearing a crown and Classical robes, her hand resting on a horse's head, each resting on an ogee-molded stone composite plinth, lacking carved elements to hands, arms restored, weathered, some variations in size
The tallest statue 54 in. (137 cm.) high, the bases 19¼ in. (49 cm.) high (3)