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European Furniture & Decorative Arts, Including Property from Strawberry Hill
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Live
| Chicago
Jul 14/15 | 10:00 AM CDT
Live
| Chicago
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$1,000 – $2,000
In 1912, Joseph D. Grant, the financier and San Francisco civic leader, commissioned architect Lewis Hobart to design and build "Villa Rose" on the San Francisco peninsula. The 40-acre parcel in Hillsborough, California remains as one of the original, historic Gilded Age estates with lush gardens surrounded by wooded parkland. When Charles R. Blyth and his wife purchased the estate in 1936, they renamed it "Strawberry Hill," a reference to the home's pleasing pink color and a nod to Horace Walpole's Gothic Revival mansion in London.
When Ada and Barrie Regan purchased the residence, it was in a state of disrepair and required substantial attention to the interior and the gardens. Once restoration was complete, Ada and Barrie Regan filled the home with wonderful Continental furniture and decorative objects. Their appreciation for the home's architecture and history is evident in the collection they assembled, offered as lots 1 through 98 in this auction and as another sequence of lots in our July 24, 2026 Interiors auction.
Appearing in overall fairly good, stable, and ready to place condition. Glass prisms having a few minute flake chips. One prism having a small drip of house paint visible on close inspection. Gilding is rubbed. Two glass spheres are detached but present and could be reattached. The central glass finial of one example is broken off and in two pieces but all pieces are present and could possibly be repaired. Shades are usable but with surface dust and tears to the fabric. Wired for electricity but wiring is untested. Additional images are available upon request.
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