$2,133
Set of Six Paint-decorated and Gilt Fancy Chairs, probably Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1815-25, original surface, (imperfections and paint wear), ht. approx. 33 1/2, seat ht. 16-18 in. Literature: A very similar chair, from a set of five at Historic New England's Rundlet-May House in Portsmouth, is illustrated and discussed in Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks of the New Hampshire Seacoast , by Brock Jobe, SPNEA, 1993, p. 280, as figure 70A. In the entry, it is suggested that the chairs may have been decorated by Henry Beck, a Portsmouth craftsman. The present examples may have a similar origin. some loss, one chair with break in bentwood wrap around seat, armchair in very good condition.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
