Lot Essay
For a similarly carved piano stool see Cooper, Classical Taste in America, 1800-1840, (New York, 1993), p.206.
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BOSTON, 1820-1840
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A SET OF EIGHT LATE CLASSICAL MAHOGANY CHAIRS
Boston, 1820-1840
Comprising two armchairs and six side chairs, the armchairs each with a spiral-carved crest set within outscrolling stiles above a rosette and scroll carved splat continuing to downscrolling arms over curved supports above a trapezoidal frame slip seat, on sabre legs; the side chairs made en suite
32in. high, the armchairs; 31in. the side-chairs (8)
Boston, 1820-1840
Comprising two armchairs and six side chairs, the armchairs each with a spiral-carved crest set within outscrolling stiles above a rosette and scroll carved splat continuing to downscrolling arms over curved supports above a trapezoidal frame slip seat, on sabre legs; the side chairs made en suite
32in. high, the armchairs; 31in. the side-chairs (8)