Set of Three Black-painted Bamboo-turned Windsor Bow-back
Chairs with Applied Arms, New England, early 19th century, with
beaded crests, nine spindles, scratch-beaded arms, molded seats with
slightly bowed fronts, on legs joined by front, side, and rear stretchers,
old surface, (minor paint wear, minor imperfections), ht. to 38, seat ht.
to 18 in.
$4,000-6,000
Paint-decorated Sack-back Windsor Chair, New England, late 18th
century, the scrolled arms with turned supports above the shaped
saddle seat, on vase- and ring-turned legs joined by stretchers, old
brown-painted surface with yellow striping, ht. 37 3/4, seat ht. 17 in.
$800-1,200
Assembled Set of Eight Paint-decorated Step-down Windsor
Dining Chairs, New England, c. 1810, comprising seven side chairs
and one armchair, skillfully repainted in the correct manner.
$800-1,200
Set of Five Painted Step-down Windsor Side Chairs, New England,
c. 1810, with bamboo turnings, old worn mustard grain-painted
surface, ht. 34 3/4, seat ht. 17 in.
$400-600
Black-painted Braced Bow-back Windsor Side Chair, New England,
early 19th century, with beaded crest above eight spindles, shaped
seat, and splayed legs, ht. 37, seat ht. 16 1/4 in.
$400-600
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Black-painted Bamboo-turned Windsor Bow-back Side Chair, New
England, early 19th century, with beaded crest rail, nine spindles and
shaped seat, ht. 38, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.
$500-700316.
Pair of Black-painted, Polychrome, and Gilt Neoclassical Side
Chairs, early 19th century, the crests painted with drapery swags and
leafage above the splat with urn, with rush seats on turned legs joined
by shaped front stretcher with gilt leafage, (paint wear), ht. 34 1/2, seat
ht. 17 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,500317.
Faux Bois Pine Table with Neoclassical Designs, early 19th century,
the top with faux marble paint on a yellow-painted, black-striped, and
bamboo-decorated skirt with drawer, (minor imperfections), ht. 33, wd.
30 1/4, dp. 19 1/2 in.Literature: Illustrated in Dean A. Fales, Jr., American Painted Furniture
1660-1880, p. 227, plate 383.
$2,500-3,500318.
Set of Six Paint-decorated and Gilt Fancy Chairs, probably
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1815-25, original surface, (imperfections
and paint wear), ht. approx. 33 1/2, seat ht. 16-18 in.Literature: A very similar chair, from a set of five at Historic New
England’s Rundlet-May House in Portsmouth, is illustrated and
discussed in Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks of the New Hampshire
Seacoast, by Brock Jobe, SPNEA, 1993, p. 280, as figure 70A. In
the entry, it is suggested that the chairs may have been decorated by
Henry Beck, a Portsmouth craftsman. The present examples may have
a similar origin.
$1,000-1,50078 additional information and photos at http://www.skinnerinc.com