A Set of Eight Continental Green Painted and Parcel Gilt Lyre-Back Dining Chairs
19th Century
together with with a pair of similar modern dining chairs.
Height 35 x width 19 x depth 23 inches.
Property from the Collection of William L. Bernhard and Catherine Cahill, Southampton, New York

Note:
The first sequence of lots in this auction come from the Southampton, New York home of the collectors Catherine Cahill, who is now deceased, and William L. Bernhard, who continues to live in their Park Avenue home in Manhattan. Lifelong New Yorkers, they passed the summers in Southampton and Washington, Connecticut, and the winters in Palm Beach, where Ms. Cahill decorated their retreat on Major Alley Way with the noted interior designer, Keith Irvine of Irvine and Fleming.

Ms. Cahill was an animal rights activist, and a daughter of John T. Cahill, a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a named partner in the international law firm, Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Mr. Bernhard is a philanthropist and a descendant of the Lehman family of investment banking fame. He has served on many Boards of Directors, including the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, Film at Lincoln Center and the Winston Churchill Foundation.

Another sequence of lots from this collection will be offered in our June 18 Palm Beach Treasures online-only auction.

Seat height 16 inches.
Most of the chairs are in overall good condition. A few have some damages to the caned seats, one of the later chairs' caned seat partially detached.. There are some areas of refreshment to the decoration as well as some old repairs. The set of eight have brass carrying handles on the top rail The later two chairs are lacking handles. Height 31 1/2 x width 18 x depth 19 x seat height 16 inches.