SIGNED 'HITCHCOCK', CONNECTICUT, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF EIGHT FANCY-PAINTED FEDERAL SIDE CHAIRS
SIGNED 'HITCHCOCK', CONNECTICUT, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each with stencil-decorated crest and backslat embellished with lyre and foliate passages above a caned seat on turned legs
34½ in. (88 cm.) high overall (8)

Provenance

Acquired through David Anthony Easton, New York.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

Lambert Hitchcock moved to Connecticut in 1818 and began making these inexpensive, stylish chairs that were embellished with gilding, stencilling and paint decoration. In varying shapes and designs, and with seats of rush, cane and planed wood, they enjoyed tremendous popularity during the second quarter of the nineteenth century.

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