Lot 1
DARD HUNTER
Important and unique hall chair, 1904-1906;
Carved, Sit Down & Rest Thy Weary Bones with coat of arms;
51 1/2 x 18 x 18 1/2
Provenance: Descended through the Hunter family;
Published: Eckardt, Allison M. Living with Antiques, Antiques Magazine, October, 1983, p. 764;
Albert, Fred, Rancho Roycroft, Style 1900, summer 2012, p. 33;
American Federation of the Arts, Head, Heart and Hand: Elbert Hubbard and The Roycrofters, University of Rochester Press, 1994, p. 67;
Head, Heart and Hand, Antiques and The Arts Weekly, November 4, 1994, p. 68;
Baker, Cathleen A., By His Own Labor, The Biography of Dard Hunter, Oak Knoll Press, 2000, p. 19, plate 8;
Via, Marie and Marjorie B. Searl, Head, Heart and Hand, Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters, University of Rochester Press, 2007, p. 63, plate 57;
Hunter II, Dard, The Life Work of Dard Hunter, Volume I, Mountain House Press, 1981, p. 118
Very good original finish, old oil cloth on seat possibly replaced, original tacks.
Some looseness to joints
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