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Long on Style: The Collections of Frawley, Hathaway and Block by STAIR

Stair Galleries is pleased to offer property from the collections of William Frawley’s apartment in Soho, Phillips Hathaway’s historic Greek revival home in Salisbury, Connecticut, and the New York apartment of Kenneth Paul Block and his partner Morton Ribyat, on Friday, September 24th, starting at 4pm EDT.

William Frawley

 

William Frawley, a notable New York shoe designer, has an affinity for textured surfaces, animal skins, skeletons and bones. His collection also includes a group of academic figural paintings, prints and drawings. Frawley filled his tastefully decorated apartment with ostrich eggs, metal skulls, carved bone crayfish and Staffordshire transfer printed pottery, all in soft black, brown, cream and white hues. There is an industrial edge to the interiors of his Soho loft including large chrome floor lamps placed around a leather sofa, chairs and parchment colored tables, and a silver tray with a group of unusual table articles. Also peppered around the apartment are faux leopard and sheep skins pillows.
 

Phillips “Pete” Hathaway, an international “best dressed” list recipient and a former Sotheby’s expert, transformed the Ragamont Inn, Salisbury, Connecticut, into a grand showhouse of European taste. He chose French Boussac curtains to mix with black and white photographs of palm fronds by Guido Orsini, a whimsical faux marble and gilded papier mâché pedestal, a watercolor of a Pompeiian ruin and a 19th Century soldier from the Bill Blass Collection. It is a treasure trove of eclecticism. Included in the collection is a colorful Turkish Oushak carpet, an 18th century Georgian silver flatware service, a pair of Louis XVI ormolu candlesticks, and an exotic portrait of the Newab of Arcot. Also included in the auction are a pair of decorative Thai metal hands, a pair of coral branches on stands, a bromoil print by society favorite, Gerald Incandela of Russian Wedding Crowns, and a pair of French provincial armchairs upholstered in Boussac fabric.
 

Kenneth Paul Block was one of the most notable fashion illustrators of the 20th century. Block worked for Women’s Wear Daily and W Magazine for nearly forty years. He painted The Duchess of Windsor, Jacqueline de Ribes, Gloria Guinness in glamorous clothes by Norman Norell, Givenchy, Coco Chanel, Pauline Trigere, Halston, and the like. Mr. Block and his partner of many years, Morton Ribyat, lived in an art-filled apartment in The Normandy, an Emory Roth designed building on the upper west side. The apartment was filled with watercolors, paintings and drawings by their creative friends in the fashion, theatre and art worlds, as well as paintings and drawings by Block and Ribyat. We have for offer a rare Bill Cunningham designed feathered mirror, a three panel painted Marcel Vertes screen, a fantastical domed collage by Paul Fisher and a six-panel mirrored screen. Also included are four decades’ worth of fashion magazines and books from their library.
 

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Unfortunately we are unable to pack, ship or dismantle any items. The following is a list of shippers in our area: 
 
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The property offered for sale by Stair Galleries & Restoration, Inc. (the "Gallery") as agent for the consignor(s) to purchasers is subject to the following terms and conditions: 
 
1. The property is sold in "as is" condition and without recourse, and neither the Gallery nor the consignor makes any representations or warranties, express or implied, as to catalogue description, attribution, authenticity, provenance, origin, size, age or condition of any of the property offered for sale.  It is the responsibility of the purchaser, prior to the auction, to examine the property and make a determination as to the value, condition, description, authenticity, provenance, origin, size and age of the property. 
 
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9. Items with a low estimate of $5,000 or above have, insofar as they are uniquely identifiable from the description given, been checked against the computerized database of stolen or lost artwork, antiquities and other cultural objects maintained by the Art Loss Registry. 
 
10.  FIRST TIME BIDDERS AT STAIR GALLERIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO A BIDDING LIMIT OF $5,000. 
 
11.  All bidders are strongly urged to request a condition report for the object that you are bidding on, if you have not viewed the item in person at our Gallery.  Requests for condition reports must be received within 72 hours prior to the auction to allow ample time to fulfill your request. 
 
12.  Shipping is the sole responsibility of the buyer, under no circumstances will Stair Galleries pack and or ship items.  Upon request, our Client Services Department will provide a list of shippers for you to choose from. 
 
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14.  STAIR GALLERIES WILL NOT REVIEW OR APPROVE ANY REQUESTS TO BID AFTER 12 PM ON FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 FOR THE SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2015 AND SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2015  AUCTION.  THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.
 
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