Lot 135
An American Renaissance Carved Walnut Library Chair, mid-19th c., attributed to Charles White, Philadelphia, having a padded horseshoe-shaped crest rail, entwined dolphin and acanthus splat, the arms terminating in lion¹s mask, foliate-carved uprights, rounded seat rail, on cabochon-carved cabriole legs ending in hairy paw feet. Note: The design for this library chair is well known, and a carved walnut armchair conserved by the Carnegie Museum bearing a stenciled label for Charles White (Philadelphia, 1796-1876) is illustrated in Busch, et. al. Rococo, the Continuing Curve, p. 200, fig. 9. Another example very similar to this lot bearing a ³C.W.² stamp was sold in these rooms as lot 359 on July 12, 2008. A chair of this design also appears as the frontice drawing of a library chair in Edward Strahan¹s Mr. Vanderbilt¹s House and Collection. Boston: George Barrie. A photograph of William Vanderbilt sitting in the chair is illustrated in Howe, et. al. Herter Bros., Furniture and Interiors for a Gilded Age, p. 201.
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