AF2-040: Antique 18th Century American Colonial Ladder Back Arm Chair w/ Woven Rush Seat Nero Portoro Marble Top Signed "Lea" at the base

Signed "Lea" at the base of the bust

later replacement plate

Nasmyth's teaching methods involved short instructive talks at the easel combined with copying objects

Later he served on the faculty of the Art Institute of Chicago and was the Chair of the Department of Painting and Decorating at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh

contributing to an increase in literacy rates and the spread of Catholic doctrine

AF2-040: Antique 18th Century American Colonial Ladder Back Arm Chair w/ Woven Rush Seat Nero Portoro Marble Top Signed "Lea" at the base18th Century American Colonial Ladder Back Arm Chair w Woven Rush Seat; Dimensions: 37" x 20 1 2" x 17" (94 x 52. 1 x 43. 2 cm.), Seat Height: 15" (38. 1 cm.) Provenance: From the Estate of Actor and Director, David Birney