A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

PROBABLY IRISH, CIRCA 1765

细节

A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Probably Irish, circa 1765
Appear to retain their original slip-seats, which are red pine, as determined by microanalysis
38 in. high (2)

来源

According to tradition:
General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Philadelphia and Virginia
A Lancaster County, Pennsylvania family
Mrs. Scott Townsend, Wilmington, Delaware
Purchased from Willoughby Farr, Edgewater, New Jersey, November 1926

拍品专文

In her notes, Mrs. Blair recorded the known history of this pair of chairs: "Originally owned by Gen. Muhlenberg and passed at dispersal of his effects to a Lancaster Co. Pa. Family; then to Mrs. Scott Townsend, near Wilmington, Del. from whom they were purchased" (Blair Collection Papers). While these chairs may have been owned General Muhlenberg (the "Fighting Pastor" of the American Revolution), they may have descended to Levi Scott Townsend (1867-1918), who resided in New Castle County, Delaware. His great-great grandparents, Thomas and Lydia Scott, were born in Ireland and immigrated to Delaware in the late eighteenth century.