A VERY FINE AND RARE PAIR OF FEDERAL ARMCHAIRS Of the type associated with Elbert Anderson (1745-1813) New York Circa 1800 Primary Wood: Mahogany Secondary Wood: White Pine, Cherry
FEDERAL INLAID MARBLE TOP TABLE New York Circa 1800 Primary Wood: Mahogany Secondary Wood: White Pine
Height: 32 inches Width: 45 inches Depth: 17 1/2 inches
Height: 37 inches Width: 22 inches Depth: 18 inches
A very similar chair, now in the collection of The Albany Institute of History and Art appears in Greenlaw, “A New York Sideboard in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection: A Reattribution” The Magazine Antiques, May, 1987 , page 1160, figure 7. Another nearly identical pair of chairs descended in the Van Cortland and now reside in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York, see Miller, Furniture by New York Cabinetmakers, 1680-1860 , number 89. For a discussion of the inlay on these chairs and other New York forms please see Philip D. Zimmerman, “The Livingston Family’s Best New York Federal Furniture,” The Magazine Antiques, May, 1997, pages 716-723.
Provenance: Ginsburg & Levy, Inc., New York #25807; Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cole, New York.
Reference: Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., Gallery Catalog IV , page 78.
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