Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 85. A French Mahogany Child’s High Chair Personally-Used By John F. Kennedy, Jr. in the White House, Second Half 19th Century .

Property from a Nevada Collection

A French Mahogany Child’s High Chair Personally-Used By John F. Kennedy, Jr. in the White House, Second Half 19th Century

New York Gantry Point Warehouse

Lot Closed

April 16, 05:25 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Used by JFK Jr. while in residence at the White House. This elegant child's seat features a tub-shaped backrest with red velvet upholstery, straight arms, a basket footrest with heart-shaped cutouts, sliding tray with locking latches, ceramic pot under the removable red velvet seat pad, and molded cabriole legs.


height 38 ½ in.; width 23 in.; depth 26 in.

97.7 cm.; 58.5 cm.; 66 cm.

The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sotheby’s New York, 23 April 1996, Lot 23;

Tom and Courtney Begel, Palm Beach

Purchased by Tom Begel at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sale, this chair was later included with the sale of his family's two-bedroom oceanfront condo in Palm Beach. Begel was quoted in People Magazine's article 'Camelot by the Lot,' covering the auction: 'There was nobody like the Kennedys,' said Tom Begel, chairman of Johnstown America, a Fortune 500 railroad-freight-car company, who paid $85,000 for John Kennedy Jr.’s 19th-century high chair.