Afternoon Tea by Jules Stewart, Kugler's Chestnut Street Restaurant, Philadelphia

Subjects: Interiors Restaurants & Taverns
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Afternoon Tea by Jules Stewart, Kugler's Chestnut Street Restaurant, Philadelphia, c. 1930 lithograph postcard — Back

About this subject

A color illustration of a Victorian interior with several elegantly dressed men, women, and children gathered around a tea table; a dog sits in the foreground. The scene appears to be a reproduction of a painting, with figures in period clothing and a patterned rug.

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KUGLER'S Chestnut St. Restaurant Post Card Sharing interest with other valuable oil paintings on permanent exhibition in the Main Hall is this work of Jules Stewart—"Afternoon Tea"—a favorite with many who regularly linger to enjoy the high artistry expressed in this portrayal of an hour taken from those gracious days of social life at the turn of the century. On view at Kugler's Chestnut Street Restaurant in the Widener Building, on Chestnut Street just below Broad, Philadelphia. FAMOUS FROM COAST TO COAST

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Place mentioned	Philadelphia, PA
Notes	Color lithograph reproduction of a painting; no printed text or border visible. No postmark. Divided-back linen-texture advertising card for Kugler's Chestnut St. Restaurant, Philadelphia (Widener Building); pencil dealer notations "#59" and "1-" at lower right; light surface soiling and a faint blue smudge at left center.

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Afternoon Tea by Jules Stewart, Kugler's Chestnut Street Restaurant, Philadelphia, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/afternoon-tea-by-jules-stewart-kuglers-chestnut-street-resta. Accessed October 5, 2026.