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Estimated value: 25,000—35,000 US$
Auction:
20th Century Decorative Arts
Sales date: 2007-03-31
Location:
New York
Lot number: 229
Design
PAUL T. FRANKL
Manufacturer Frankl Galleries, New York
Architonic id 4107517
Manufacturer Frankl Galleries, New York
Architonic id 4107517
Wood with the original pony-skin upholstery
28 x 97 x 42 in. (71.1 x 246.4 x 106.7 cm)
Provenance:
Fifty/50 Gallery, New York
Literature and References:
Paul T. Frankl, Space For Living: Creative Interior Decoration and Design, New York, 1938, pp. 79 and 101 (for similar models)
Richard Guy Wilson, Dianne H. Pilgrim and Dickran Tashjian, The Machine Age in America, 1918-1941, New York, 1986, p. 60 (for a related chair model)
J. Stewart Johnson, American Modern, 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, New York, 2000, p. 138 (for a related chair model in the collection of John C. Waddell)
28 x 97 x 42 in. (71.1 x 246.4 x 106.7 cm)
Provenance:
Fifty/50 Gallery, New York
Literature and References:
Paul T. Frankl, Space For Living: Creative Interior Decoration and Design, New York, 1938, pp. 79 and 101 (for similar models)
Richard Guy Wilson, Dianne H. Pilgrim and Dickran Tashjian, The Machine Age in America, 1918-1941, New York, 1986, p. 60 (for a related chair model)
J. Stewart Johnson, American Modern, 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, New York, 2000, p. 138 (for a related chair model in the collection of John C. Waddell)
