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Ffoulke, Charles M.

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role Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert Dealer/Gallery
dates 1841-1909
city Washington
stateDC
other citiesQuakertown, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI;
sex M
historical notes Charles Mather Ffoulke was a wool manufacturer, collector, art critic and tapestry authority.

Ffoulke, 1889, purchased the entire tapestry collection of the Barberini family in Rome. The collection included 135 antique tapestries.

In 1907, Ffoulke assisted Percy W French and Mitchell Samuels purchase Sypher & Company (later French & Company).

Ffoulke was a member of the Metropolitan, Country and Chevy-Chase Clubs of Washington DC, and the Geographical and Historical Societies of Washington, DC, the National Arts club of New York (resigned member of the Union League Club), and several other societies in USA and Europe.

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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
French & Company stock sheets and ledgers, 1909-1968. see details...
The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
French & Company photographs, 1915-1998 (bulk 1950-1969) see details...
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ingalls Library and Archives
Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930 see details...
Pierpont Morgan Library Archives
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
Morgan Collections Correspondence, 1887-1948 see details...

see also:
French & Company (New York, N.Y.)