Lot 80
80
A PAIR OF FEDERAL MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
A PAIR OF FEDERAL MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

POSSIBLY LANGLEY BOARDMAN, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1800-1815

Details
A PAIR OF FEDERAL MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Possibly Langley Boardman, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1800-1815
Each with a reeded frame with carved rosette-corners centering a pierced tripartite splat above a trapezoidal over-upholstered seat, on tapering reeded Marlboro legs
35in. high (2)

Lot Essay

Two chairs with similarly reeded frames punctuated at the corners by carved rosettes, attributed to Langley Boardman (1774-1833), are illustrated in Jobe, Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast (Hanover, 1993), p.354-155, figs. 97a, 97b.