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THBFederal Shield-back Side Chair
Lot 131
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Bonhams Skinner
274 Cedar Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
United States
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Timed Auction in Progress ... Currently on Lot Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000
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| $30,000 | $2,500 |
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By Bonhams Skinner
Apr 1, 2020 - Apr 13, 2020
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2020-04-01 12:00:00
2020-04-13 19:00:00
America/New_York
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Bidsquare : American Furniture & Decorative Arts
https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/skinner/american-furniture-decorative-arts-4993
This April’s American Furniture & Decorative Arts auction offers an opportunity to acquire fine early American urban-made furniture from two Massachusetts private collections, the roots of which began in the 1930s and which represent over a hundred years of combined connoisseurship. Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
This April’s American Furniture & Decorative Arts auction offers an opportunity to acquire fine early American urban-made furniture from two Massachusetts private collections, the roots of which began in the 1930s and which represent over a hundred years of combined connoisseurship. Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
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- Lot Description
Federal Shield-back Side Chair, the carving attributed to Samuel McIntire, the chair attributed to Jacob Sanderson, Salem, Massachusetts, c. 1791, the serpentine crest centering a basket of flowers issuing flowering vines with acorns, above five spindles terminating in a quarter-round carved with another basket of flowers, on overupholstered seat with serpentine front rail joining square tapering legs, ht. 38, seat ht. 18 in.
Provenance: Peter Sawyer Antiques, Exeter, New Hampshire, 2008.
Literature: An identical chair, in the collection of The Peabody Essex Museum, is illustrated and discussed in Dean Lahikainen, Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style, Peabody Essex Museum, pp. 52-55.
Note: This chair, marked "IV" on the inside of the front and rear seat rails, may be from the same set as the PEM chair mentioned above.
Furniture from a Salem, Massachusetts, Collection
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. - Shipping Info
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