Bacon, E.R. and Alfred Anson - Suite of French Carved and Gilt Furniture (Devonshire), 1915-1916

[Purchased May 27, 1914]

Folder contains correspondence and an invoice for eight chairs and two settees purchased from the Duke of Devonshire, and a Cheval screen in tapestry of late Louis XIV period, purchased from Lord Canterbury. The Devonshire furniture is described as upholstered with Beauvais tapestry of rose Pompadour ground with panels of Cupids, after Boucher. Also contains Frick's correspondence with E.T. Stotesbury offering to sell him the furniture in 1916: "...I intended it for my drawing room, but after the purchase of the Fragonards, I found it was too strong and large for the room." June 7, 1916 letter from Frick to Stotesbury contains an unsolicited recommendation for the work of Charles Allom.