The Drawing Room Antiques
Newport, Rhode Island
# 4951. A Settee in Maple; circa 1885-1905, design attributed to Francis Bacon and made by the A.H. Davenport Co. of Boston (Cambridge). Size 50" wide x 35" tall at the back by 22" deep with the seat 17" high. The design reflects the Colonial and Romanesque Revivals in a highly severe and sophisticated manner. Francis Bacon first designed furniture for the prestigious NYC decorating firm of HERTER BROS. that had decorated the mansion of William H. Vanderbilt among many others of that category. By 1883 Bacon became associated with the celebrated Boston architect H.H. Richardson who popularized the Romanesque Revival style in America. By 1885 Bacon had become the principal designer for the A.H. Davenport Furniture Company. The Davenport Company made pieces for the White House in 1902; commissioned by McKim, Mead & White, selected by President and Mrs. Roosevelt. This settee very much shows the influence of Herter Brothers chic elegance and the American Romanesque Revival adaptation of H.H. Richardson. Minor old insect damage to the back right leg does not lesson the strength of this very practical piece of seating which only requires the changing of the (original) upholstery. Normal wear and left back top rail veneer repair. Price: $1,750.00.
Please note the veneer repair to the upper right area of the back side of this settee.
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