Design 
24 March 2016
Design 
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Modern

settee

USA, c. 1955
upholstery, stainless steel 31 h × 66 w × 36 d in (79 × 168 × 91 cm)
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $768
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provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCormick Blair, Lake Bluff, IL | Thence by descent
literature: Keck & Keck Architects, Menocal, pg. 25

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The Edward McCormick Blair House

Lake Bluff, Illinois

East view of the McCormick Blair house.

View of the living room featuring modern furnishings and floor-to-ceiling windows.

In 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCormick Blair commissioned the Chicago-based architectural firm Keck & Keck to design their home in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Furnished with pieces designed by George Fred Keck and William Keck as well as other archetypes of modernism, the home was deemed by the Architectural Record in 1957 as “a residence of exceptional distinction”.

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