Important Design

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Thomas Molesworth

Keyhole Armchair

Auction Closed

December 8, 09:48 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Thomas Molesworth

Keyhole Armchair


circa 1937

with elk motif

fir, routed and stained wood, original red and black leather upholstery, hammered brass tacks

with a brass tag impressed 587/NWA

34⅞ x 26¼ x 21½ in. (88.6 x 66.7 x 54.6 cm)

Commissioned directly from the artist for Northwest Airlines, Billings, Montana, circa 1937
Terry Winchell, Molesworth: The Pioneer of Western Design, Layton, UT, 2005, p. 155 (for a related example)