Billy Haines Installation: Set of Nine English Chippendale-Style Dining Side Chairsfirst half 20th century; mahogany with later red and white leather seat covering designed by Billy Haines; two with ivorine label "Spillman and Co. Ltd. / Furnishers / 101, St. Martins Lane. London. W.C.2.", the others unmarked, Each: 36 1/2 x 22 x 21 in. (92.7 x 55.9 x 53.3 cm.), Seat height: 17 in. (43.2 cm.); together with an associated Chippendale-style mahogany dining armchair in another design, but with matching leather seat covering, 37 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 19 in. (95.3 x 62.2 x 48.3 cm.), Seat height: 17 in. (43.2 cm.), Arm height: 26 1/2 in.[10 pieces]Provenance: Selected by Billy Haines for the Gosden House, Beverly Hills, CA, featured in "Class Act: William Haines: Legendary Hollywood Decorator" by Peter Schifando, Pointed Leaf Press, 2006"; The Estate of Mrs. Freeman Gosden
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Provenance
Provenance: Selected by Billy Haines for the Gosden House, Beverly Hills, CA, featured in "Class Act: William Haines: Legendary Hollywood Decorator" by Peter Schifando, Pointed Leaf Press, 2006"; The Estate of Mrs. Freeman Gosden