Lot 23
[Grant, Ulysses S.] Personal Chair & Presidential Document. President U.S. Grant's personal chair. Vintage Victorian Period Hand Carved Black Spindle Armchair. The green and light brown fabric appears to be original to the piece.
Included is a letter from Ulysses S. Grant V (1920-2011), the great-grandson of President U.S. Grant, attesting that this chair was given to him by his father, Chapman Grant, who was the last grandson of President Grant. Chapman had received the chair from his father, Jesse, who was the youngest son of President Grant and who spent many years living and traveling with his parents.
Also included: Grant's Presidential Commission appointing Gilderoy Wells Griffin of Kentucky as Consul to the King of Denmark, signed by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish (also originally signed by Grant in red or purple ink, whose signature has completely faded away), with complete embossed white seal; all in matted custom wooden frame.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,500.
Sotheby's January 18, 2001 Property from the Collection of President Ulysses S. Grant.
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| Realized $13,200 |
