Lot 140
Lot 140
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GLENN AND PATRICIA RANDALL, CLARENDON COURT, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
A SET OF FIVE WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1690, TOGETHER WITH A SET OF ASSOCIATED 18TH CENTURY NEEDLEWORK COVERS

Price Realised USD 1,134
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USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
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A SET OF FIVE WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1690, TOGETHER WITH A SET OF ASSOCIATED 18TH CENTURY NEEDLEWORK COVERS

Price Realised USD 1,134
Price Realised USD 1,134
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Each back stamped F, the backs probably reshaped; the set of 18th century gros and petit point needlework covers comprised of four back-covers and five seat-covers, each depicting Biblical figures or figures in 18th century dress, all within pastoral settings
51 in. (129.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Gift of Irwin Untermeyer, 1964
American Collecting in the English Tradition: Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Christie's New York, 27 October 2015, lot 205.
Literature

P. Remington, English Domestic Needlework of the VI, VII and VIII Centuries, New York, 1945, fig. 65.
Y. Hackenbroch, English Furniture with some furniture from other countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958, pl. 38 (color), 39-40, figs. 61-63, p. 17.
Y. Hackenbroch, English and other Needlework, Tapestries and Textiles in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960, pl. 84 (color), 85-86, figs. 120-122, p. 42.
D. Cooper, ed., Great Private Collections, New York, 1963, p. 146, col. plate, (shown in situ in Judge Untermyer's Living Room).
Exhibited
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, English Domestic Needlework of the VI, VII and VIII Centuries, 5 November-2 December 1945.
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