Property from a San Francisco Collection
152. Clagett Wilson
1887-1952
Set of twelve dining chairs circa 1930 Birds-eye maple and satinwood-veneered wood, fabric upholstery. Each armchair: 39 1/8 x 23 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. (99.4 x 59.1 x 59.7 cm) Each side chair: 38 7/8 x 19 3/8 x 20 1/8 in. (98.7 x 49.2 x 51.1 cm) Estimate $40,000-60,000
Provenance Samuel Adolph and Margaret Valentine Lewisohn, New York, circa 1930 Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, May 17, 1939, lot 426 (partial) William Henry Vanderbilt III Thence by descent Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1970s Literature Augusta Owen Patterson, “The Decorative Arts,” Town & Country, June 15, 1930, illustrated pp. 67, 69 Sarah D. Cofn and Stephen Harrison, The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s, exh. cat., Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York and Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 2017, p. 318