Lot 396
  • 396

A Fine Pair of Federal Fancy Paint-Decorated Side Chairs, Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1805

Estimate
6,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • pine
  • Height 35 in.
Each appears to retain its original painted decoration.

Provenance

Lattimer Family, Salem, Massachusetts;
John Kenneth Byard, Norwalk, Connecticut;
James O. Keene, Detroit, Michigan;
Sotheby's New York, Collection of Mr. and Mrs.  James O. Keene, January 16, 1997, sale , lot 191

Exhibited

Dearborn, Michigan, Henry Ford Museum, Americana Midwest Collectors' Choice, October 14 - November 27, 1960

Literature

Americana Midwest Collectors' Choice (exhibition catalogue), Henry Ford Museum, p. 19, no. 63

Condition

Appears to retain its original painted decoration; losses and flaking to paint; appears to be maple seat frames with cherrywood cross braces; some repainting to backs of chairs especially around upper section and plat; old break to bellflower to one chair.
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