Another Formal Setting Vignette, with Details of Each Piece

Hanging, left to right:
Small Girandole Mirror
Dimensions: 32-inches high, 18-inches wide.
Price: $4,950
CLB

Portrait Of Seated Gentleman
On balcony before vista...
Attributed to Orlando Hand Bears (1811-1858)
Sag Harbor, Long Island
Oil on canvas - SOLD
Portrait of a man seated in an upholstered chair on a balcony; clouds, foliage and mountains looming behind him with a tranquil New England common in the distance. The work remains in excellent original condition and is mounted with a gilt cove molded frame. The artist was a Sag Harbor, Long Island native who attempted to capitalize on the prosperity of eastern Long Island and coastal Connecticut during the early nineteenth century, generated by the areas successful whaling industry. Bears may have studied and painted with Hubbard Fordham also of Sag Harbor and a relative; Bears' painted ship captains, merchants and their families. The very few signed and dated Bears' portraits date from the mid to late 1830's. Bears' career as an artist was short-lived whereas he died at the young age of 40 at Sag Harbor.
Reference: See Nineteenth-Century Folk Painting: Out Spirited National Heritage, Works of Art from the Collection of Mr. And Mrs. Peter Tillou, The William Benton Museum Of Art; plates 99 and 100. Also, Christie's, The Collection of Marguerite and Arthur Riordan; January 18, 2008, lot 590.
(29.75-inches by 23.5-inches view; framed: 36-inches by 29.75-inches.)
497-42

Carved & Gilded Convex Mirror
Circa 1800
This mirror has a spread winged eagle pediment and a serpent/oak leaf pediment.
Dimensions: 38 by 23.75-inches.
Price: $4,775
CLB

Floor, left to right:
Pair of Federal Mahogany Side Chairs
Both chairs measure 34-inches in overall height (18-inches in seat height), 26-inches in width and 18-inches in depth.
Price: $1,500
FRW

A Superb Federal Sideboard
Mahogany...inlay, cross-banding, bellflowers
Probably Newport, Rhode Island
Circa 1810 - SOLD
This mahogany sideboard is vibrantly set with the finest cross-banded and book matched mahogany veneers. The finely proportioned case has "D" shaped ends containing short drawers above conforming doors centered by a long central drawer above serpentine cabinet doors raised upon square tapered legs with spade feet. At under six feet in length this sideboard is a very agreeable small size. (Height 43.25-inches; Length 70.5-inches; 23.25-inches.)
271-1

If you are interested in buying any of these items, please call (978) 597-8084 or email David Hillier at drh@aaawt.com or Lynn Morin at lfm@aaawt.com

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