Lot 221
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AN ASSEMBLED PAIR OF LATE FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY SIDECHAIRS, Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1815, each with slightly bowed rectangular crestrail above reeded stiles and stayrail centering three reeded uprights flaring at the top to form four gothic arches, over a baloon-shaped over upholstered seat, on reeded tapering legs with tapering splayed feet--31¾in. high (2)

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AN ASSEMBLED PAIR OF LATE FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY SIDECHAIRS, Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1815, each with slightly bowed rectangular crestrail above reeded stiles and stayrail centering three reeded uprights flaring at the top to form four gothic arches, over a baloon-shaped over upholstered seat, on reeded tapering legs with tapering splayed feet--31¾in. high (2)

Lot Essay

These chairs represent an adaptation of the neoclassical taste characteristic of Baltimore and the surrounding areas. Enormously popular, this form was made in several related variations and continued to enjoy favor well into the 1820s. A nearly identical chair, now in the collection of the Maryland Historical Society is illustrated in Weidman, Furniture in Maryland 1740-1940: The Collection of the Maryland Historical society (Baltimore, 1884), p. 115, plate 63.

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