Lot Essay
A similar chair is in the collection of Winterthur Museum (Charles Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period (New York, 1966), fig. 87, p. 140).
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A Pair of Federal Mahogany Side Chairs
PHILADELPHIA, 1790-1810
Details
A Pair of Federal Mahogany Side Chairs
Philadelphia, 1790-1810
40 in. high, 21½ in. wide, 18½ in. deep (2)
Philadelphia, 1790-1810
40 in. high, 21½ in. wide, 18½ in. deep (2)
Provenance
Possibly Lambert Cadwalader (1742-1823), Philadelphia
Thence by descent in family to Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Cadwalader (1882-1964), Philadelphia
M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, 1990
Thence by descent in family to Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Cadwalader (1882-1964), Philadelphia
M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, 1990
Literature
William MacPherson Hornor, Jr., Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (1935; reprint, Washington D.C., 1977), pl. 397.
Roberta Maneker, "Collector's Showcase," Art & Antiques (Summer 1998), p. 91.
Roberta Maneker, "Collector's Showcase," Art & Antiques (Summer 1998), p. 91.
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