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THBExceptional Federal Carved Mahogany Upholstered Side Chair
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Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveMay 20, 2023
May 20, 2023 | Lots 1-353 Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1795, carving attributed to Samuel McIntire (1757-1811), shield back centering three finely carved rosette and bellflower chain slats, above a carved leafy lunette, carving with punchwork ground, serpentine front seat rail with striped silk upholstery, tapered legs carved with rosettes issuing bellflower chain carved in relief, 38-1/2 x 21-1/2 x 20 in., seat height 17 in.
Note: This fine chair is nearly identical to a set of four chairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and may be from the same set. See Robert Bishop, The American Chair: Three Centuries of Style, pg. 243, no. 359. Another chair from this set is illustrated full page in Dean Lahikainen, Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style, pg. 167, fig. 4-151.Condition
good overall with fine carving, break and repair with one patch at joint of crest rail to rear stile, break and repair at one vertical slat, some later reinforcing pins at seat rail joints, minor glue repair at top of left front leg, glue blocks replaced (minor restorations by Allen Anderson, January 2003 as noted in the Keno invoice)
- Provenance
Lee Keno Antiques, purchased January 2003 (accompanied by original invoice and write up with condition report);
Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow - Shipping Info
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