Important Design
Important Design
Property from the Collection of Daniel Wolf
Greene & Greene
"Morris" Sofa from the Entry Hall of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California
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Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Daniel Wolf
Greene & Greene
"Morris" Sofa from the Entry Hall of the Robert R. Blacker House, Pasadena, California
circa 1907
carved teakwood, ebony, patinated and copper-plated brass, leather upholstery
37 x 85 x 31½ in. (94 x 215.9 x 80 cm)
Robert Roe and Nellie Celeste Canfield Blacker, Pasadena, California, 1908-1944
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Otto Bockelman, by acquisition of the house and its contents, late 1940s
Max and Marjorie Hill, by acquisition of the house and its contents, circa 1950
Richard Anderson
Randell Makinson
Bryce R. Bannatyne, Santa Monica, California
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1991
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Otto Bockelman, by acquisition of the house and its contents, late 1940s
Max and Marjorie Hill, by acquisition of the house and its contents, circa 1950
Richard Anderson
Randell Makinson
Bryce R. Bannatyne, Santa Monica, California
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1991
Timothy J. Anderson, Eudorah M. Moore and Robert W. Winter, eds., California Design 1910, Salt Lake City, 1974, p. 108 (for a related "Morris" armchair)
Randell L. Makinson, Greene & Greene: Furniture and Related Designs, Salt Lake City, 1979, pp. 8 (for a period photograph of the model in situ) and 65 (for a related "Morris" armchair)
Leslie Greene Bowman, American Arts & Crafts: Virtue in Design, Los Angeles, 1990, pp. 48 (for the above mentioned period photograph) and 49 (for a related "Morris" armchair)
Randell L. Makinson, Thomas A. Heinz and Brad Pitt, Greene & Greene: The Blacker House, Layton, UT, 2000, p. 73 (for the above mentioned period photograph)
Randell L. Makinson, Greene & Greene: Furniture and Related Designs, Salt Lake City, 1979, pp. 8 (for a period photograph of the model in situ) and 65 (for a related "Morris" armchair)
Leslie Greene Bowman, American Arts & Crafts: Virtue in Design, Los Angeles, 1990, pp. 48 (for the above mentioned period photograph) and 49 (for a related "Morris" armchair)
Randell L. Makinson, Thomas A. Heinz and Brad Pitt, Greene & Greene: The Blacker House, Layton, UT, 2000, p. 73 (for the above mentioned period photograph)