拍品 152
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A PAIR OF FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE-CHAIRS
A PAIR OF FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE-CHAIRS

RHODE ISLAND, 1790-1810

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A PAIR OF FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE-CHAIRS
Rhode Island, 1790-1810
Each with a molded shield back above a pierced and carved splat centering a sheaf of tobacco and wheat and urn with carved husk flanked by molded double ribs, the whole enclosed by a double swag, above an over-upholstered trapezoidal seat, on square tapering legs with spade feet
37in. high (2)

拍品专文

The design source for this chair is illustrated in George Hepplewhite's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (London, 1794), plate 4g. The shield back employed on this chair was frequently used by both New York and Rhode Island cabinetmakers. These chairs, with ash secondary woods and finely carved shields, are thought to be Rhode Island. For related chairs see Sack, American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection (Washington, 1983), vol.7, p. 2061, Sack, Opportunities in American Antiques (New York, 1989), brochure number forty-four, p. 95 and also The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture (Providence, 1965), pp. 18-19, fig. 17.