Lot 38
Fourteen Chippendale-style Mahogany Dining Chairs,
20th century.
Ending from 5 April 2023, 19:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsUS$800 - US$1,200
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Fourteen Chippendale-style Mahogany Dining Chairs,
20th century.
Twelve side chairs and two armchairs with shell-form crest with scrolled ends above a wide pierced splat composed of ribbon and tassel motifs, the seats upholstered over the rail with leather, their trapezoidal frame having a serpentine front supported by cabriole legs with carved knees, ball and claw feet, and recessed casters, largest, 66cm wide, 63cm deep, 104cm high (26 3/4in wide, 25 1/2in deep, 41 1/2in high).
Twelve side chairs and two armchairs with shell-form crest with scrolled ends above a wide pierced splat composed of ribbon and tassel motifs, the seats upholstered over the rail with leather, their trapezoidal frame having a serpentine front supported by cabriole legs with carved knees, ball and claw feet, and recessed casters, largest, 66cm wide, 63cm deep, 104cm high (26 3/4in wide, 25 1/2in deep, 41 1/2in high).
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Literature
Robert Hale Ives Goddard, grandson of Thomas Poynton Ives, found the set in Ireland. See Barbara Snow, "Living with Antiques: The Providence Home of Mrs. R. H. Ives Goddard," The Magazine Antiques 87/5 (May 1965): 583-4.