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A set of three Chippendale walnut side chairs
possibly attributed to Samuel Mickle and Jonathan Shoemaker, Philadelphia, third quarter 18th century
possibly attributed to Samuel Mickle and Jonathan Shoemaker, Philadelphia, third quarter 18th century
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A set of three Chippendale walnut side chairs
possibly attributed to Samuel Mickle and Jonathan Shoemaker, Philadelphia, third quarter 18th century
possibly attributed to Samuel Mickle and Jonathan Shoemaker, Philadelphia, third quarter 18th century
The blue-upholstered chair marked III, with slip-seat marked IIII
One rose-upholstered chair marked VI and slipseat VI; the other chair marked I and slipseat V.
overall height 40 1/2in (103cm); seat height 17 1/2in (44.4cm); width across knees 22 1/2in (57cm); depth 19in (48.5cm)
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Provenance
John Estaugh Hopkins (1738-1812)
William Estaugh Hopkins, son, (1772-1820)
Hannah Hopkins, daughter, (1797-1874), married Samuel Morgan Reeves (1790-1886)
Rebecca Morgan Reeves, daughter, (1829-1909), married Joseph Thomas Bannister (b. 1833)
Rebecca Reeves Bannister, daughter, (1858-1936), married George Barrett Glover (1849-1917)
Elizabeth Haddon Glover, daughter, (1899-1966), married Norman Wittwer (1895-1961)
Elizabeth Haddon Wittwer, daughter, (b. 1918), married Robert Leonard Gravenor (1917-1940)
thence by descent
These three chairs are part of a larger set of chairs, two chairs of which are currently in the collection of the American Museum in Bath, England (acc. nos. 60.5.1 and 60.5.2) and were at one time handled by Harry Arons. The museum in Bath has attributed their chairs to Jonathan Shoemaker and Samuel Mickle. While recent scholarship may disprove that attribution, Samuel Mickle (1746-1830) may have been distantly related to the Hopkins' family as John Estaugh Hopkins' wife was Sarah Mickle (1742-1789).
An early but landmark exhibition and publication on New Jersey furniture featured several pieces from the Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh home; for more information, see Thomas Smith Hopkins and Walter Scott Cox, Colonial Furniture of West New Jersey, (The Historical Society of Haddonfield: Haddonfield, NJ, 1936). A superlative Queen Anne side chair, also from the Haddon collection, is illustrated in an advertisement for Charles Wolsey Lyons, The Magazine Antiques (November, 1963), p. 501.
























