Paint Decorated
Slat-Back Windsor
YOUTHS CHAIR
Circa 1820
An outstanding example of the chair maker and decorators craft
These low chairs are recorded in early inventories and sales records as "half chairs" and sometimes "miss chairs" and are thought to have been used by young girls as sewing chairs.
This superior example with robustly turned four-part bamboo turned thumb-back stiles mortised into the rectangular tablet above three tapered and incised spindles above the nicely shaped and incised plank seat retains its exciting fancy decoration. The seat is raised on tapered and incised legs joined by box stretcher. The hand-painted decoration against a field of brown paint is bold and dramatic; top rail with leafy decoration centering a yellow tulip...stiles and legs embellished with yellow bellflower flourishes while the seat is sponged in black against a blue ground with the conforming incised gutter being trimmed in yellow. This chair remains in fine original condition. (Height: 33.5 inches; seat height: 17.5 inches; width: 15.5 inches; depth: 15 inches.)
Price: $4,875
301-10
A Spectacular Set of Ten Scrolled-Armchairs
Bold Curly Maple
New York
Circa 1815-1825
Exceptional carving decorates the crest rail and splat with arms being swept under in dramatic scrolls. This is an assembled set with each chair appearing to have been made in the same shop by the same hand...or at least within the same tradition. (Height: 34.75 inches; Seat Height: 17.5 inches; Width: 17.25 inches; Depth: 16.5 inches.)
Price: $14,350
333-71
Corner Chair
New England
Circa 1775-1800
The carved pillow-crest on very stylish flat arms having out-swept scrolled-handholds raised on tapering turned posts above the seat; below the seat the block and baluster posts are joined by robustly turned double box stretchers. The front leg is raised on a Spanish foot with others raised on elongated oval-ball feet. Nice old brown color over old, possibly original red; overall fine condition.
(Height: 30.25 inches; seat height: 17 inches; width: 30.5 inches; depth: 23 inches.)
Price: $4,950
191-255
Queen Anne Side Chair
New England
18th Century
The vasiform splat with scrolled profile beneath curvaceous top-rail with backswept ears centering tall stiles above the trapezoidal seat with corner-blocks...raised on turned front legs ending in turned pad feet; rear legs are backswept. The legs are joined by turned stretchers. The chair in an old varnish surface. (Height: 41 inches; seat height: 17.25 inches; width: 18 inches; depth: 14.5 inches.)
Price: $2,750
191-242
Country Queen Anne Tea-Table
Probably New Hampshire
Early 19th Century
Mahogany with birch cleats and block - SOLD
The two-board round top retains its original birch cleats that pivot on the birch block through which is received the vase-turned shaft; column is raised on cabriole legs ending in ridged pad feet. This country table is nicely proportioned, all original and has a great old surface. (Top diameter: 33-inches; height: 28-inches.)
413-6 - SOLD
Country Pembroke Table
New Hampshire
Old Red Paint, white pine
Circa 1810
The rectangular top on plain apron raised on delicate tapered legs. Lovely surface; scrubbed top. Height: 27.75 inches; top (open): 34.25 x 35.75 inches; top (closed): 35.75 x 19 inches.
Price: $3,250
191-228
Mahogany Tea-Table
Square Tilt-Top
Queen Anne
Rhode Island
A mahogany tilt-top table with classic Newport, Rhode Island features including full length stepped and molded cleats joined to the block centering the ring turned tapered post raised on the classic tripod arched cabriole legs that are stepped above the knees in the stylish Newport fashion. The legs terminate in graceful bulbous platform pad feet. (Height: 26 inches; top: 30 x 30.25 inches.)
Price: $6,450
240-31
Side Chair
Probably Massachusetts
Essex County
Maple
Circa 1730-1750
The carved yoke on top rail joined by plain tapered stiles centered by the graceful spooned splat with carved ears above the rounded compass seat above bold block and turned legs ending in turned pad feet; tops of feet end with a collar. The exuberant ball and ring front stretcher is complimented by bulbously turned side and rear stretchers; side stretchers with central groves, ridges and slightly tapered ends; rear stretcher does not have turnings at ends. The chair is in a nice old, possibly original surface. (Height: 39.75 inches; seat height: 17.75 inches; width: 19.5 inches; depth: 15.5 inches.)
Price: $1,750
271-20
Pair of Console Tables
Grain Painted
Dimensions for both: 29-inches high, 40-inches wide, 20.5-inches deep, 40 by 41-inch combined tops.
Price: $6,975
517-1
OUTSTANDING
Paint-decorated blanket chest with drawer
New England, Probably Rhode Island
Circa 1830 - SOLD
This masterpiece is constructed of white pine and retains its original molded brass knobs and stamped brass escutcheon. The masterful decoration is original and perfectly describes fancy...
Two very small in-painted patches on each side of lid at juncture of hinges, otherwise in a fine state of preservation. (33 by 42 by 17 inches.)
Provenance:
Found in Rhode Island; Suzanne Courcier and Robert W. Wilkins; David A. Schorsch, 1986; A distinguished Midwestern private collection.
Exhibited:
"The Painted Surface," The Milwaukee Art Museum, 1991
Published:
Advertisement for David A. Schorsch, The Clarion, Fall 1986, p. 10
David A. Schorsch, "Living with antiques, A collection of American folk art in the Midwest," The Magazine Antiques, October 1990, p. 785.
210-114 - SOLD
Painted Six Board Chest
Early American Eagle Decoration
Circa 1810
The overhanging rectangular lid with applied molding over a conforming dovetailed case on a similarly molded base. The chest retains an old or original red painted surface with a terrific dry patina. Of special interest and importance is the red, white and blue oval centered by the early style American eagle with shield that is painted on the upper fascia of the chest; shield contains a heart with crossed keys. The interior of the dovetailed box is fitted with an interesting sliding till/storage box arrangement and a mortised lid support that folds into the side board. A copy of a note included with the chest says it was the property of Captain Henry Crary (1782 - ?) of Columbus, NY who "followed the sea from 1800 to 1812." (Height: 16.875-inches; width: 40.25-inches; depth: 16-inches.)
Price: $12,750
402-1
Seven-Drawer Tall-Chest
Massachusetts
Circa 1780-1800
A true "tall-chest" constructed of maple...beneath the crown molding are seven overhanging lipped edge graduated drawers. The case is raised on an applied shaped bracket-base with unusual spur like returns. Minor imperfections such as two replaced backboards; one drawer lip repair and appropriately replaced brasses...all else very good including old dry surface. Height: 65 inches; Width: 39.25 inches; Depth: 17.5 inches.
Price: $5,700
393-2
Hepplewhite Slant-Lid Desk
Massachusetts
Cherry
Circa 1800
Probably Yarmouth, Massachusetts...made of cherry and retaining original brass hardware. The fall front opens to reveal the interior prospect section with three drawers centering three-drawers above four-cubbies either side pf prospect door. The case with four graduated, lipped, overhanging drawers raised on French feet. Two feet have been restored; about 1-inch of the proper front right foot and 2.5-inches of the left front foot. (Width: 39-inches; depth: 20.75-inches; height: 43.5-inches; writing height: 32-inches.)
Price: $4,550
270-34
Paint Decorated Tall Clock
Dramatic fancy paint with faux inlay...motion and light
Pennsylvania or New Jersey
First Quarter 19th Century - SOLD
The bonnet with a broken arch top has a molded cornice, which terminates in scrolls and is supported by simple octagonal colonnades. Behind the fixed glazed dial matt with beaded and molded inner-edge edge is the painted wood tombstone shaped dial having wonderful pained spandrels in all corners; surmounted by colorful painted birds centered by an urn. The chapter ring has painted Roman and Arabic numerals...weight driven "pull-down" 30-hour movement with hour strike, calendar and sweep second hands.
A bold applied cavetto molding supports the clock's bonnet, the waist is fitted with a rectangular hinged pendulum door having an arched top; front corners of the waist are beaded. The base is raised on applied bracket feet that are restored. The case is decorated with boldly brushed brown against ochre glazing; nearly all surfaces with painted faux inlay, faux inlayed panels and pinwheel motifs. The early fancy style decoration is dramatic....note the whimsy such as the crescent with green dots painted on door arch with conforming faux inlay above; the whole framed by faux inlay with convex corners. The painted surfaces remain in very good original condition while the bracket base and top several inches of swans' neck pediments are replaced and expertly painted. As depicted, the upper left section of pendulum door has been compromised; a narrow wedge is missing and awaits restoration by our expert conservator or the buyer's technician. Considering the successful aesthetic, drama and potential-this is a most fairly priced offering. (Height: 93-inches.)
556-18 - SOLD
Rare Pair of Classical Card Tables
Circa 1825
Each table has top leaves with matched, highly figured mahogany veneer with mahogany cross-banding over matched highly figured mahogany veneer skirts inlaid with brass and supported by an exquisitely carved pedestal and four carved cabriole legs, terminating in carved paw feet with swept-back talons. Each table bears the stenciled label of Alexander Kinnan and States Mead, Broad St., New York (partners 1823-1830).
Price: $20,500
CLB
Gray Painted Clerk's Desk
Measures 50-inches in height, 38.25-inches in width and 24-inches in depth.
Price: $2,800
208-2
Red Painted Cradle
Measures 39.5-inches in length, 19.75-inches in length and 17.75-inches in depth.
Price: $625
208-3
An Outstanding Corner Cupboard
Cleaned to original red, white and blue paint
Massachusetts
Eighteenth Century
Having an exceptionally well-developed crown molding above 20-lights above the lower section with paneled doors. The interior with three shaped shelves having incised plate gutter. This cupboard was removed from a Cape Cod home and has never been on the market. Many layers of over-paint were removed exposing the original pigment of this fine example with excellent proportion and molded detail.
Price: $22,500
556-19
Turned Great-Chair With Oversized Pommels
New London County, Connecticut
Circa 1700
Maple and ash. Measures 45.75-inches in height (with a seat height of 16.75-inches), 24.5-inches in width and 18.5-inches in depth.
Price: $55,000
621-17
1830's Painted Bed
Measures 78-inches long, 55.5-inches in width and 52-inches in height.
Price: $2,150
977-4
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