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HOLDEN COLLECTION: OBJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE Holden Collection consists of approximately 1,400 items that were made or used in Louisiana in the early 18th-century to about 1830.
Sausage Turned Creole-Style Slat Back Chairs, 1780-1820, as well as numerous others not included in Furnishing Louisiana: Considered as a group. Largest collection of Creole slat back chairs. It includes a group of matched Natchitoches chairs as well as excellent examples of individual chairs.
Also, one of the Natchitoches chairs was on loan to the Smithsonian Museum for over a decade representing Louisiana. Featured in Furnishing Louisiana, fig. 10-A, B, A, B, C, fig. 18, fig. 20, p.296, 300.
Creole-Style Four Poster Bed, 1810-1830: Early bed with the arched head board are rare. This one is especially important because of the intact tester. Chris Swan, furniture conservator at Colonial Williamsburg, was particularly interested in the tester. It is a rare survivor form and is the only surviving tester associated with an early beds. Featured in Furnishing Louisiana, fig. 3, p.379.
Creole Style Lavabo, 1821-1840: A favorite of the owners because it is well made and was at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Grand Couteau. However, it is not a popular form and is more of historical importance than of monetary value. Featured in Furnishing Louisiana, fig. 52, p.278.
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