Signed on rear left leg with red decal
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
"Genius in the Shadows: The Furniture Designs of Harvey Ellis," Jordan Volpe Gallery, NY, 1981
A similar chair in "Structure and Ornament in the Craftsman Workshop," The Craftsman, Jan. 1904, p. 396;
Robert J. Clark (ed.), The Arts and Crats Movement in America 1886-1916, Princeton, NJ, 1976, p. 36
Isabelle Anscombe and Charlotte Gere, Arts and Crafts in Britain and America, New York, Rizzoli, 1978, p. 147, n. 191.
David Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, New York, 1981, pp. 119, 142-143;
Barry Sanders, "Harvey Ellis: Architect, Printer, Furniture Designer," Art and Antiques, Jan-Feb. 1981, p. 66;
A related chair was published in Leslie Greene Bowman, American Arts & Crafts. Virtue in Design, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990, no. 51.
A related chair is published in The American Arts & Crafts Home 1900-1915. Selections from the Two Red Roses Foundation Collection, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 2006, p. 27, no. 11;
A related chair is published by Kevin W. Tucker in Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2010, pp. 146,236, no. 35.
Robert J. Clark (ed.), The Arts and Crats Movement in America 1886-1916, Princeton, NJ, 1976, p. 36
Isabelle Anscombe and Charlotte Gere, Arts and Crafts in Britain and America, New York, Rizzoli, 1978, p. 147, n. 191.
David Cathers, Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, New York, 1981, pp. 119, 142-143;
Barry Sanders, "Harvey Ellis: Architect, Printer, Furniture Designer," Art and Antiques, Jan-Feb. 1981, p. 66;
A related chair was published in Leslie Greene Bowman, American Arts & Crafts. Virtue in Design, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990, no. 51.
A related chair is published in The American Arts & Crafts Home 1900-1915. Selections from the Two Red Roses Foundation Collection, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 2006, p. 27, no. 11;
A related chair is published by Kevin W. Tucker in Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2010, pp. 146,236, no. 35.
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