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FINE AND RARE CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS TUFT (1740-1788), PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1765 |
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Height 39 in.
chair marked III; left side knee return of a later date.
Provenance
Joe Kindig, Jr., York, Pennsylvania;
Henry Francis DuPont, Winterthur, Delaware;
Sotheby's, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot Du Pont Copeland, January 19, 2002, sale 7757, lot 359.
Henry Francis DuPont, Winterthur, Delaware;
Sotheby's, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot Du Pont Copeland, January 19, 2002, sale 7757, lot 359.
Exhibited
New York, Girl Scout Loan Exhibition, April 8 - May 8, 1948, no. 621.
Literature
Heckscher, Morrison H., "Living with Antiques: Mount Cuba in Delaware," Magazine Antiques, May 1987, p. 1079, pl. II.
Condition
Overall fine condition. Refinished. Wear and discoloration commensurate with age and use. The crest rail is previously detached with associated re-glued cracks at the junction with both stiles. The proper top left foliate scroll element (approx. 1/2 in. by 1/2 in.) is patched. The proper left side knee return is replaced. There is a 1/2 in. x 1/2 in. loss to the decorative scroll on the proper front right knee return. Secondary wood: white pine.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Chairs like this one, with a trefoil-pierced splat taken directly from Thomas Chippendale' s The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director (pl. XI11, 1754 edition and pl. X, 1762 edition), were extremely popular in Philadelphia during the second half of the eighteenth century. This example is closely related to chairs labeled by James Gillingham (1736-1781), a cabinetmaker working on Second Street in Philadelphia from 1768, to 1773. One Gillingham chair is in the collection of the Dietrich Americana Foundation and illustrated in Magazine Antiques, November 1959, p. 394.
Philip D. Zimmerman conducted an analysis on this chair in 1996 and concluded that it was made in the same shop as a set of six chairs at Winterthur Museum, one of which is illustrated in Joseph Downs, American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods,1952, no. 139. Also from the same shop is a chair once owned by Matthew and Elisabeth Sharpe, later sold to Israel Sack Inc.
Philip D. Zimmerman conducted an analysis on this chair in 1996 and concluded that it was made in the same shop as a set of six chairs at Winterthur Museum, one of which is illustrated in Joseph Downs, American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods,1952, no. 139. Also from the same shop is a chair once owned by Matthew and Elisabeth Sharpe, later sold to Israel Sack Inc.