A SET OF SIX GEORGE I WALNUT, BEECH AND SEAWEED MARQUETRY SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1715
Two upholstered in blue damask, four upholstered in red silk
A SET OF SIX GEORGE I WALNUT, BEECH AND SEAWEED MARQUETRY SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1715
Two upholstered in blue damask, four upholstered in red silk
With Charles of London, New York, as 'the Hampton Court chairs' ($4,290) Bought from the above by Marion E. and Leonard A. Cohn. Gift of Mrs. Leonard A. Cohn, 1945.
'Recent Accessions of European Decorative Arts', Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 6, no. 8, April 1948, p. 227 (right).
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion, 3 May-4 September 2006. On view in the Annie Laurie Aitken Galleries (four chairs)
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