LOT 0137 Monumental Rookwood Chase's Theater Tile Mural
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United States,20th Century Whimsical forest scene comprised of two hundred and twenty five tiles depicting a seated woman with a peacock watching men, ladies, and jesters dance around in a forest. The Chase's Theater and Rigg's Building, also known as the Keith-Albee Theater, was a historic theater built by Jules Henri de Sibour for Plimpston B. Chase. Chase sold the theater to B. F. Kieth and was added to the vaudeville circuit where William Howard Taft attended the 1912 opening and Woodrow Wilson regularly attended shows. Similar tile murals have sold at Sotheby's. Pottery,Overall 3' 4" x 30',Tiles 8" x 8" Tiles marked "Rookwood Faience" on verso. From the collection of a Rumford, Rhode Island gentleman. The mural was salvaged from Chase's Theater and Rigg's Building, Washington, D. C.
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