John & Rico's
{please note the veneer missing on the top back side}
# 4951. A Settee. Maple or Holly veneer. Design att. to Charles Coolidge or Francis Bacon, manufactured by A.H.Davenport Co. of Boston (Cambridge). Condition: veneer loss to the top back of either side and one spindle missing.Size: 50" wide x 35" tall at the back x 22" deep and the seat is 17" tall. Design reflecting Colonial Revival and Romanesque Styles. Information leads us to beleive that this piece was from the Gov. Lippett Castle in Newport which burned about 1927 and was bulldozed into the ocean. The 'Castle' was a brick mansion on Ocean Drive. Price for the settee is $3,500.00.
Info about Francis Bacon:Francis Henry Bacon had received a degree in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1877 and spent several years working with such architecture firms as the prestigious McKim, Meade and Bigelow in New York. During these years he also traveled and studied in Europe, working on the excavations of Assos, Turkey during two years of travel with the Archaeological Institute of America. Francis Bacon first designed furniture for Herter Brothers, the firm engaged by William H. Vanderbilt to decorate his New York City mansion. In 1883, Bacon began working in the office of celebrated American architect H.H. Richardson. By 1885 he had become principle designer for A. H. Davenport and Company, where he later served as vice-president. There he translated the handcraft ideals of the late 19th century into machine-produced furniture designs. Because of Bacon's earlier affiliation with Richardson's firm, and because Richardson's office was extremely busy at the time, Bacon, and in turn Davenport and Company, were given furniture commissions for many of Richardson's late buildings. Such commissions included the Converse Memorial Library and the Glessners' house, for which furniture was designed and executed under the supervision of Richardson's architects.
The capitol of the Settee.
The foot of the Settee.
The carved decoration in the front of each leg on the settee.
Showing detail of the carved capitol.
Showing the missing veneer from the top back of the settee.
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