Important Design

Important Design

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Property of a California Collector

Charles Frederick Eaton

Casket

Auction Closed

December 10, 11:19 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a California Collector

Charles Frederick Eaton

Casket


circa 1904

leather, wood, brass, abalone

with metal label signed ARTS & CRAFTS/CHARLES FREDERICK EATON/SANTA BARBARA CAL

13 1/2 x 20 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (34.3 x 52.7 x 27.3 cm)

Private Collection, Santa Barbara
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Gustav Stickley, "Nature and Art in California," The Craftsman, vol. VI, no. 4, July 1904, p. 376 (for the present lot illustrated in the artist's studio)
Isabel McDougal, "A Craftsman of the Pacific Slope," House Beautiful, vol. 17, February 1905, p. 16 (for the above mentioned photograph)
Katherine Louise Smith, "A California Craftsman and His Work," House & Garden, vol. XI, no. 1, January 1906, pp. 34 (for an alternate view of the present lot illustrated in the artist's studio) and 35 (for the above mentioned photograph)
Kenneth R. Trapp, The Arts and Crafts Movement in California: Living the Good Life, exh. cat., Oakland Museum, 1993, p. 186 (for the above mentioned photograph)
Michael Redmon, ed., My Santa Barbara Scrap Book: A Portrait of the Artist, Elizabeth Eaton Burton, Santa Barbara, 2011, pp. 54 (for the above mentioned photograph) and 55 (for a related casket)

See catalogue note at Sothebys.com.