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12 December 2024
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Selected By Frances Elkins

Chinese six-panel Coromandel screen

18th-19th century
carved and lacquered wood 99½ h × 114 w × ¾ d in (253 × 290 × 2 cm)
estimate: $6,000–8,000
result: $5,292
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This work was selected by the artist for her brother, David Adler.
provenance: David Adler, Libertyville, IL | Thence by descent in 1949 to Frances Elkins (sister of David Adler) | Thence by descent in 1953 to Katherine Elkins Boyd (daughter of Frances Elkins) | Estate of Katherine Elkins Boyd, Hillsborough, CA | Bonhams, San Francisco, Fine European and American Furniture and Decorative Arts Including Property from the Estate of Katherine Elkins Boyd, 1 November 2011, Lot 2080 | Private Collection
literature: Frances Elkins: Interior Design, Selny, ppg. 134-135 illustrate present lot

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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The present lot illustrated in situ in the sitting room at the Adler residence. Image: Noel Ward, courtesy the David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL.
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