$82,950
Set of Six Federal Mahogany Inlaid Side Chairs, New York, 1790-1805, the square crests are inlaid with festoons of bellflowers and pendant flowers over serpentine seats, on bellflower and cuff-inlaid front legs, original surface, (very minor imperfections), ht. 36 1/2, seat ht. 18 in. One chair has a rebuilt seat. Note: This set of chairs was exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, December 20, 1936. See Lockwood pp. 307-308. Provenance: George A. Cluett Collection.Literature: These chairs are pictured in Luke Vincent Lockwood's 1913 publication, Colonial Furniture in America , figure LXXXVII, pp. 307-8. Chair has beige background handworked floral needlepoint seats, cuff inlay with minor loss on front legs on one chair. trapedzoidal seat width at front 21 1/2" and 15 3/4" at back; chair back width 16 1/8"
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-02-17
