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The two suites of Renaissance Revival furniture offered here, each comprising a settee and two accompanying chairs, are exquisite examples of the prevailing aesthetic of the late nineteenth century. Perfect for a parlor room, the porcelain plaques on the crestrails of the pieces depict scenes of a courting couple and floral compositions, fitting with the Victorian era's taste for romance and elements of surprise. The quality of the gilt incised decorations, elaborate carving of the crestrails, Egyptian figureheads at the arm rests of the settees, and tufted upholstery, are all quintessential stylistic details of the Renaissance revival.
A similar set of furniture originally from the Wilcox House and now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, are thought to have been made in New York around 1870, and illustrated in Marilynn Johnson, et al. 19th-Century American Furniture and Other Decorative Arts, (New York, 1970), fig. 179. Another related suite of furniture made by John Jeliff of Newark, New Jersey, circa 1875, displaying similar figureheads at the armrests is illustrated in Eileen and Richard Dubrow, Styles of American Furniture, (Pennsylvania, 1997), p. 42, as is an armchair by Jeliff also shown in Marilynn Johnson, et al., fig. 174.
A RENAISSANCE REVIVAL CARVED AND GILT WALNUT PARLOR SUITE
NEW YORK OR NEW JERSEY, 1850-1870
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A RENAISSANCE REVIVAL CARVED AND GILT WALNUT PARLOR SUITE
NEW YORK OR NEW JERSEY, 1850-1870
Comprising a settee and two side chairs
44 in. high, 68 in. wide the settee, 38½ in. high (3)
NEW YORK OR NEW JERSEY, 1850-1870
Comprising a settee and two side chairs
44 in. high, 68 in. wide the settee, 38½ in. high (3)