Chester Ashbery's Armchair

Chester Ashbery's Armchair

Chester (Chet) Ashbery (1891-1964) used this armchair in the Sodus farmhouse living room.  Helen Ashbery brought it to Pultneyville with her in 1965 after she sold the farmhouse.  John Ashbery brought his father’s armchair to Hudson after his mother died in 1987.