Important Design
Important Design
Property from a Private East Coast Collection
HARVEY ELLIS | SIDE CHAIR
Auction Closed
July 30, 06:21 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private East Coast Collection
HARVEY ELLIS
SIDE CHAIR
circa 1903
executed by the Craftsman Workshops of Gustav Stickley, Eastwood, New York
inlays executed by the workshop of George Henry Jones, New York
oak, pewter and wood inlay, original leather upholstery
with the firm's decal
42¾ x 17 x 20½ in. (108.6 x 43.2 x 52.1 cm)
Private Collection, Erie, Pennsylvania, circa 1903
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner
"Structure and Ornament in the Craftsman Workshops," The Craftsman, January 1904, p. 396
Robert Judson Clark, ed., The Arts and Crafts Movement in America, 1876-1916, exh. Cat., Princeton, 1972, p. 36
Stephen Gray and Robert Edwards, eds., Collected Works of Gustav Stickley, New York, 1981, p. 53
David Cathers and Susan J. Montgomery, Arts and Crafts Furniture from the Collection of the Two Red Roses Foundation, Palm Harbor, FL, 2017, p. 219