A Printed Cotton-Upholstered Three-Cushion Sofa, Club Chair and Ottoman
Sale 1320 - Palm Beach Furniture and Decorative Arts
May 22, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Palm Beach
Estimate
$800 -
$1,200
Lot Description
A Printed Cotton-Upholstered Three-Cushion Sofa, Club Chair and Ottoman
Second Half 20th Century
Sofa height 30 x width 83 x depth 35 x
Property from the Collection of William L. Bernhard and Catherine Cahill, Southampton, New York
Note:
The first sequence of lots in this auction come from the Southampton, New York home of the collectors Catherine Cahill, who is now deceased, and William L. Bernhard, who continues to live in their Park Avenue home in Manhattan. Lifelong New Yorkers, they passed the summers in Southampton and Washington, Connecticut, and the winters in Palm Beach, where Ms. Cahill decorated their retreat on Major Alley Way with the noted interior designer, Keith Irvine of Irvine and Fleming.
Ms. Cahill was an animal rights activist, and a daughter of John T. Cahill, a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a named partner in the international law firm, Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Mr. Bernhard is a philanthropist and a descendant of the Lehman family of investment banking fame. He has served on many Boards of Directors, including the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, Film at Lincoln Center and the Winston Churchill Foundation.
Another sequence of lots from this collection will be offered in our June 18 Palm Beach Treasures online-only auction.
Condition Report
Sofa seat height 18 inches, club chair height 32 x width 31 x depth 37 x seat height 16 inches; ottoman 16 x width 28 x depth 20 inches
All three pieces are structurally sound and present well. There are some scattered stains to the printed cotton slip-covers.
As there is another green slip cover under the floral printed cotton on the sofa, and what appears to be the original blue upholstery under that, I would assume the sofa to be 40 or 50 years old.
The chair has an off white corded upholstery, and the ottoman has a green patterned upholstered seat under the current cover.
All three pieces are structurally sound and present well. There are some scattered stains to the printed cotton slip-covers.
As there is another green slip cover under the floral printed cotton on the sofa, and what appears to be the original blue upholstery under that, I would assume the sofa to be 40 or 50 years old.
The chair has an off white corded upholstery, and the ottoman has a green patterned upholstered seat under the current cover.
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