Philadelphia Fancy Chairs, circa 1820, Pair
Status: Sold
General Description: One of a Handsome Pair of Classical Gilt- and Polychrome-decorated and Grained Carved Fancy Chairs, Philadelphia, circa 1820.
Details: Nearly identical to a pair at Winterthur, Plate 466 in Charles H. Montgomery's American Furniture, The Federal Period, 1788-1825, 1966. For another nearly identical example, see Plate XV in "Design Sources for Windsor Furniture, Part II: The Early Nineteenth Century, " by Nancy Goyne Evans in The Magazine Antiques, May 1988, p. 1141. All are faux grained rosewood and gilt and polychrome-decorated, with distinctive large anthemion-form splats. The painted and gilded decoration on all three variants appears to be the work of the same hand. Dimensions: W: 19-1/2 inches; D: 18-1/2 inches; H: 32-3/4 inches.
