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A Shaker Figured Maple Patent Model Side Chair, Brother George O. Donnel, New Lebanon, New York circa 1852
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- height 15 1/4 in.; width 11 1/4 in.; depth 8 1/2 in.
- 38.7 cm; 28.6cm; 21.6 cm
the paper label attached to the front of the top splat inscribed George O. Donnel. Together with a label reading G. O. Donell Chairs, Patent March 2, 1852. Appears to retain an early varnish surface.
Provenance
Brother George O. Donnel, New Lebanon, New York
O. Rundle Gilbert, Garrison-on-Hudson, New York
Antiquities of Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky
David A. Schorsch, Inc., Connecticut
Exhibited
Shaker Design, The Whitney Museum of Art, New York, New York, May 29-August 31, 1986 and The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 4, 1986-January 7, 1987
A Tribute to Excellence, David A. Schorsch, Inc., New York, New York, January 12-February 25, 1989
Literature
Charles R. Muller and Timothy D. Rieman, The Shaker Chair, (Winchester, Ohio: 1984), pp. 160-162
June Sprigg, Shaker Design, (New York, New York: 1986), fig. 29, p. 75