Description
SET OF SIX FEDERAL SIDE CHAIRS
New York Circa 1800
Primary Wood: Mahogany
Secondary Woods: Ash, White Pine
Height: 36 inches
Width: 21 1/2 inches
Depth: 18 inches
Seat Height: 17 inches
Reference: A similar armchair with inlaid decoration is in the collection of Winterthur, see Montgomery, American Furniture The Federal Period, entry 60, pages 111-112. Note the similarity to the side chair, reference number 122, on pages 179-180 of American Furniture in Pendleton House by Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie. They write that chairs of this kind were known as “square-back” and were one of the most popular chair designs among wealthy New Yorkers in the Federal period.
Inventory #7353