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    Important English Furniture including Property from The Kersey Coats Reed House

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    27 October 2006

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    • A CHINESE TANG STYLE PAINTED P
    Lot 322 | 'The Hermès library is the greatest room of her career'. - Stephen M. Salny 'The library [is] the most boldly stylish room I have ever seen in this country. Not warm, and not cozy, but incredibly chic.' - Mark Hampton 'For me the great room is the library, with its Hermès leather walls. One of the five greatest American rooms of the XX century. It's a unique event.' - David Netto LIBRARY Read more

    A CHINESE TANG STYLE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A STANDING FEMALE

    SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS

    Price realised

    USD 11,400

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    A CHINESE TANG STYLE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A STANDING FEMALE
    SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
    The moulded figure with down-cast eyes and serene expression standing with hands clasped below breast in flowing robe and headdress on a carved, stepped kidney shaped wooden base
    Approximately 41 in. (104.4 cm.) high

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    K. Coventry, D. Meyer and A. Miller, Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest, New York, 2003, p. 181.
    S. E. Cohen and S. S. Benjamin, North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburb 1890-1940, New York, 2004, p. 281.
    S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, p. 70.


    Lot Essay

    The figure does not appear in its niche in the 1934 Town and Country article so it was likely to have been purchased after this date.

    Other information

    Pre-Lot Text

    'The Hermès library is the greatest room of her career'.

    - Stephen M. Salny

    'The library [is] the most boldly stylish room I have ever seen in this country. Not warm, and not cozy, but incredibly chic.'

    - Mark Hampton

    'For me the great room is the library, with its Hermès leather walls. One of the five greatest American rooms of the XX century. It's a unique event.'

    - David Netto

    LIBRARY

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