(Theatre) WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983).
Dinner napkin from the former Gordon restaurant in Chicago. Matted and framed; 15 ¼ x 18 inches. SIGNED by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, “Watch out boys, Tennessee Williams.”
With: Anniversary charger plate from the Gordon restaurant.
Over the years, owner Gordon Sinclair would have celebrity diners autograph the napkins they used in the restaurant, and then mount them in lucite frames around the walls of the popular eatery. When Sinclair closed his restaurant he sold everything — including the napkins.
Property from the Collection of Mr. Bill Zwecker