Lot 304
An American Rococo Carved and Laminated Mahogany Library Chair, mid-19th c., attributed to John Henry Belter, New York, shaped padded and pierced back, arms terminating in lion's masques, serpentine cabochon seat rail, cabriole legs, paw feet Provenance: Collection of Gloria and Richard Manney. Exhibited: Winterthur, 1986. Note: A related chair appears in the frontispiece drawing of Edward Strahan's Mr. Vanderbilt's 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. Though this lot is clearly an example from the Belter firm, library armchairs of this form were made by other high-style American makers. The overall design for this library chair is also documented from two noted Philadelphia sources: the firm of George Henkels at 172 Chestnut Street and Charles White's workshop nearby at 250 Chestnut Street. A dining chair attributed to Belter with a back of similar form to this lot is illustrated in Dubrow, American Furniture of the 19th c., p. 206. A nearly identical library chair...
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