Lot Essay
A related sidechair is illustrated in Schaffner & Klein, American Painted Furniture (New York, 1997), p. 13, fig. 1.13.
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SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1815
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TWO FANCY PAINTED SIDE CHAIRS
Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1815
The tablet crest paint-decorated with landscapes above a guilloche and band backrails flanked by molded and ring-turned stiles over a balloon rush-seat on ball-turned and flaring cylindrical legs joined by box stretchers
34in. high (2)
Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1815
The tablet crest paint-decorated with landscapes above a guilloche and band backrails flanked by molded and ring-turned stiles over a balloon rush-seat on ball-turned and flaring cylindrical legs joined by box stretchers
34in. high (2)