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An Important Pair of Philadelphia Early Rococo Mahogany Side Chairs |
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Furniture - American |
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Chair |
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PA |
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Chair
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| Era: |
18th Century |
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| The chair frames marked III and IV are from the same set as the "Penn Family" tassel-backed side chair marked VIII, which we sold on behalf of The Welcome Society to the Chipstone Foundation. Ex-collection: George S. Palmer, Israel Sack, Samuel A. Crozer, Caroline Clendenin, Ryan Foulke, Stratford Hall Plantation. Literature: W.M. Horner, Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture (1935). pl. 335 and p. 218. Philadelphia Antiques Show Catalogue (2005), p. 218. Jay Robert Stiefel, Rococo and Classicism in Proprietary Philadelphia: The Origins of the "Penn Family Chairs" (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia for the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, 2008). Copies available.
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