Lot 47
  • 47

A Fine Pair of Federal Carved Mahogany Side Chairs, Attributed to John Carlisle, Newport or Providence, Rhode Island circa 1790

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • height 38 3/4 in.
  • 98.4 cm

Provenance

The Robb Collection

Israel Sack, Inc., New York

Literature

The Magazine Antiques, "The Robb Collection, Part II," April 1968, p. 485

American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection, Vol. V, p. 1226, fig. P4157

Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American

Condition

Secondary wood is birch. One chair with loss of shag on splat on proper left side.
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