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(2pc) A.H. DAVENPORT (CAMBRIDGE, MA) CHAIRS Two ballroom side chairs, one converted to a rocking chair - l. 22 x w. 20.5 x h. 27 in. (Side chair) From an important Clapboard Ridge, Greenwich, CT estate. A.H. Davenport & Co. were custom makers of furniture and fine cabinetry during the turn-of-the-century, manufacturing in Cambridge, MA and with retail showrooms in Boston and New York City. Davenport & Co. produced custom designs for the most prestigious designers and architects of the time. Most famously Davenport & Co. provided furnishings alongside Herter Brothers for several rooms in The White House - including constructing the Theodore Roosevelt Desk, as designed by Beaux Arts architect Charles Follen McKim.
stamford, United States
