A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN REVIVAL CARVED AND EBONIZED SIDE CHAIRS

NEW YORK, 1860-1880

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A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN REVIVAL CARVED AND EBONIZED SIDE CHAIRS
New York, 1860-1880
The carved and reeded crestrail above a pierced back depicting a central sphinx within a pierced arch with floral carved corners below a central medallion flanked by incised stiles, over an overupholstered seat with incised geometric design on seatrail, on ring-turned and incised legs, fitted with castors
30¾in. high (2)

Provenance

Margot Johnson, New York, New York

Lot Essay

This pair of fully developed Egyptian Revival sidechairs are similar to an armchair in the collection of Pendleton House, of the Rhode Island School of Design, (see Monkhouse, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence, 1986), fig. 136).

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