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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 moose and pine tree motifs

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

with a brass tag impressed 584/NWA

34⅞ x 26⅛ x 21½ in. (88.6 x 66.4 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, pp. 37 (for a period photograph of a related model in a Molesworth sales catalogue), 65 and 139 (for a related example)