Pre-Veteran's Day Americana Auction
Lot 106:
Description
This pair is a museum quality New York painted floral decoration side chairs. The Met in New York City owns a pair of these side chairs with a matching settee (pictured in "American Painted Furniture 1660-1880" by Dean Fales on page 111). The Garvan collection at Yale owns one side chair (pictured in "300 Years of American Seating Furniture" by Patricia Kane in full page color Plate 13 and on page 162). Another owned by Hirschl & Adler is pictured in color on page 81 of "American Painted Furniture" by Schaffner and Klein. These chairs are fascinating for the insight they provide into how colorful and creative our early furniture could be. Few collectors are even aware of their existence. The chairs are made of ash with typical cherry front to back cross braces underneath the seat, typical NYC characteristics. They remained untouched after that for almost 200 years until they were discovered. These chairs would be a magnificent addition to any museum quality collection of early Federal painted furniture. Dimensions: 18" Seat Height 35" Overall Height
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Condition: The paint on our pair is nearly totally untouched with some possible overpaint to a few areas done in their early history. Structurally very sound. Probably require better upholstery.
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