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 bl๊ack leather upholstery, hammeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚred 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)
