New York Botanical Garden An important pair of patio chairs once owned by the horticultural philanthropist Enid A. Haupt are up for sale this weekend at the New York Botanical Garden, where there is a conservatory named for Ms. Haupt.If you’ve been looking to score some important patio furniture, this weekend’s Garden Sculptures and Antiques Fair at the New York Botanical Garden might be the place to do it. The fair, which the garden calls “the country’s original, largest and most important venue for authentic garden antiques,†will feature garden-related artworks and furnishings from 1750 to the present.
William E. Sauro/The New York Times Enid A. Haupt, in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory of the New York Botanical Garden in 1992.Among the items for sale will be what the garden calls “an important pair of chairs,†the peacock-patterned beauties pictured above, that were once owned by the garden’s marquee patron Enid A. Haupt, for whom the garden’s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is named.
This year marks the first time in memory that garden antiques with a provenance related to Ms. Haupt, who died in 2005 at age 99, will be at the fair, the garden said.
The fair runs from Friday through Sunday.
