Lot Essay
These chairs retain a brass plaque that reads "Bought by Mrs. Henry Post (Mary Minturn) from Duncan Phyfe 1806, Exhibited in Metropolitan Museum 1922.
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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN ASSEMBLED SET OF FOUR CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
POSSIBLY WORKSHOP OF DUNCAN PHYFE, NEW YORK, 1805-1815
Details
AN ASSEMBLED SET OF FOUR CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Possibly workshop of Duncan Phyfe, New York, 1805-1815
Each similarly carved with "thunderbolts" on the crestrail above a X-form back centering an applied carved rosette flanked by reeded stiles, over a balloon seat with reeded seatrail, on ring-turned and reeded tapering legs, on brass paw feet
35in. high (4)
Possibly workshop of Duncan Phyfe, New York, 1805-1815
Each similarly carved with "thunderbolts" on the crestrail above a X-form back centering an applied carved rosette flanked by reeded stiles, over a balloon seat with reeded seatrail, on ring-turned and reeded tapering legs, on brass paw feet
35in. high (4)
Provenance
Mrs. Mary Post (Mrs. Mary Minturn), 1806
Exhibited
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1922