A pair of American Aesthetic inlaid giltwood side chairs. Executed by Herter Brothers, New York, for the JP Morgan residence, circa 1880
3158WY
Property of a New York private collector
An important pair of American Aesthetic ivory-inlaid parcel-gilt maple side chairs
Commissioned for the Morgan residence, New York, executed by Herter Brothers, circa 1880
Each pierced maple crestrail inlaid with ivory scrolling floral vines, the flared rectangular seat raised on turned legs joined by stretchers, inscribed in pencil on the top of the seat rail "Morgan."
height 34 1/4in (99.8cm; width 17in (43.2cm); depth 17in (43.2cm); height of seat 18 1/2in (47cm)
Estimate:
US$ 70,000 - 90,000
£46,000 - 59,000
€54,000 - 70,000

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Previously sold Christie's New York, January 20, 2005, lot 709.

    These chairs are believed to have been commissioned for the J.P. Morgan residence located at 219 Madison Avenue. While there was also a commission for the New York residence of Mary Jane Sexton Morgan, the second wife of shipping and railroad magnate Charles Morgan (1795-1878), period limited descriptions of furniture style mention silver, metal and mother-of-pearl-inlaid rosewood furniture.

    For period photographs of the interiors of the Mary Stuart (1883) and Jack Ruppert (1881-1883) residences which display chairs of this design, see Artistic Houses: Being a Series of Interior Views of a Number of the Most Beautiful and Celebrated Homes in the United States, New York, 1883-84.

    An identical chair is in the collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York.

Category: Furniture / European Furniture and Works of Art

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