Lot Essay
Samuel Fiske (1769-1797) worked in Dorchester Massachusetts with Stephen Badlam, and had a shop in Salem. By the 1790s, he was working in Boston.
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PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY SHIELD-BACK SIDE CHAIRS
SAMUEL FISKE, BOSTON OR SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1785-1795
Details
A PAIR OF FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY SHIELD-BACK SIDE CHAIRS
SAMUEL FISKE, BOSTON OR SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1785-1795
Stamped S.F.
37 ½ in. high (2)
SAMUEL FISKE, BOSTON OR SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1785-1795
Stamped S.F.
37 ½ in. high (2)
Literature
A nearly identical pair of chairs, possibly this pair, is illustrated in William Ketchum, American Cabinetmakers: Marked American Furniture, 1640-1940 (New York, 1995), p. 119. The illustrated pair is courtesy of Israel Sack, Inc.