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Lot 1223^W

The important Barnes-Hiscock mansion carved mahogany dining room suite
designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee, Syracuse, New York, circa 1883

Fine Furniture, Silver, Decorative Arts and Clocks

26 October 2015, 10:00 EDT

New York

US$70,000 - US$100,000

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The important Barnes-Hiscock mansion carved mahogany dining room suite
designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee, Syracuse, New York, circa 1883

Comprising a dining table with seven 18-inch leaves in a fitted box on casters, twelve chairs (2 armchairs, 10 side chairs), and a server. (15)
Table: height 30 1/2in (77.5cm); length closed 64in (162.6cm); depth 52in (132cm)
Armchairs: overall height 42in (106.7cm); seat height 19in (48.3cm); greatest width 28 3/4in (73cm); depth 29in (73.6cm)
Side chairs: overall height 39 3/4in (100.9cm); seat height 19in (48.3cm); greatest width 21in (53.3cm); depth 24in (60.9cm)
Server: height of case 41 3/4in (106cm); width 42 1/4in (107.2cm); depth 20 1/8in (51cm)

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Provenance
Commissioned for the Barnes Hiscock mansion, circa 1883
Corinthian Club

This impressive suite of American Renaissance dining furniture was originally situated in the Barnes Hiscock mansion at 930 James Street in Syracuse, New York. The house was built in 1851-53 by George Barnes, an American industrialist. George Barnes' daughter, Elizabeth, married Frank Hiscock, who was the chief justice of the New York State Court of Appeals. In 1883, Hiscock and Elizabeth commissioned the architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee to remodel it in a more fashionable Colonial Revival style. The woodcarvers who worked on the house were Adolph Holstein and Moses Winkelstein and they may have crafted this impressive suite; Holstein and Winkelstein remained in Syracuse and founded the Syracuse Ornamental Co.

Hiscock was close friends with President William Howard Taft, who is reported to have visited the Hiscocks several times at their home in Syracuse. Other notable visitors to the Barnes-Hiscock house include Reverend Samuel May, Gerritt Smith, Elizabeth Cady, Henry Stanton and L. Frank Baum. The house played a key role in the abolitionist movement and was a stop along the Underground Railroad. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

When Hiscock died in 1946, he bequeathed the Barnes Hiscock mansion and its contents to charity, and in 1949 it became the primary asset of the Corinthian Club, a private women's club. When the Corinthian Club faced financial difficulties in 2009, the contents were sold and the house was acquired by the George and Rebecca Barnes Foundation, which oversees the house to this day.

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The important Barnes-Hiscock mansion carved mahogany dining room suite
designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee, Syracuse, New York, circa 1883

The important Barnes-Hiscock mansion carved mahogany dining room suite
designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee, Syracuse, New York, circa 1883