Lot 405
An American Chippendale Carved Walnut Armchair, c. 1760-1780's, Philadelphia or Chester County, in the manner of William Savery (1721 1788), the fluted stiles supporting a serpentine crest rail with chaste foliate carving, pierced vasiform splat, carved, with spoon- shaped supports ending in voluted knuckles, on cabriole legs with flower-and-shell carved knee ornaments, ending in pad feet, height 39 in., width 26.75in., depth 22.5in. E7000-10000 Provenance: Found in Bucks County, Pennsylvania many years ago; to a private collection, Princeton, N.J., and Washington, D.C. Note: This chair relates to Savery's more sober version of standard Philadelphia chair types, probably for clientele amongst fellow Quakers, who preferred stronger and simpler shapes to the more decorative forms favored by urban society. See Robert Bishop, The American Chair: Three Centuries of Style, New York, 1972, pp. 108-109, no. 115; no. 148; esp. pp. 138-139 no. 161. See Also Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture: Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University, Boston, 1976, pp. 150-153, nos. 129, 130.
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