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Lot 123
Description:
A Pair of American Classical Mahogany Chairs, early 19th c., attributed to Duncan Phyfe, New York, each with a rectangular crest contained by reeded stiles mounted with bosses, the cruciform splat centered by a foliate medallion, the caned seat faceted by boldly reeded rolled rail, on reeded saber legs.
- Notes: Note: The configuration of the back of these chairs centered by a segmented cross is seen in well-known examples from the Phyfe workshop, including a suite of twelve chairs made for Thomas Cornell Pearsall, now in the "Richmond" period room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a suite conserved by the House of History in Kinderhook, and chairs from the collections of Berry Tracy and Peter Terian. A chair attributed to Phyfe with this distinctive cross back and having reeded saber legs like those here is documented in J. Amory Haskell's house, Oak Hill. Reference: Davidson and Stillinger. @The American Wing, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 79, fig. 89 McClelland. Duncan Phyfe and the English Regency. p. 176, pl. 159 Sotheby's, New York, February 1, 1985, lot 778 and January 9, 2009, lot 180 McClelland. Ibid., pl. 160
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