Georgian-Style Olive Green Leather Upholstered Porters Chair

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Georgian style porters chair, 20th c., olive green leather upholstery, arched canopy, button-tufted back, wings, and seat, over two paneled wood cabinet doors, revealing open interior, one door lacking pull, wear to leather, approx 63.75"h, 34 3/8"w, 28"d, seat height: approx 20"h Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.