Set of Eight American Black Lacquered and Gilt Fancy Chairs Baltimore, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Set of Eight American black lacquered and gilt fancy chairs with painted bird, floral, and shell motif.
Silk, Upholstery, Pine, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
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H 33.25 in W 19.25 in D 16 in
Set of Eight American Black Lacquered and Gilt Fancy Chairs, Baltimore. C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Set of Eight American black lacquered and gilt Fancy chairs with painted bird, floral, and shell motif.
Upholstery, Pine, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
American Federal Portrait of a Lady
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
The bejeweled subject is seated on a Baltimore painted 'Fancy Chair'.
Wood
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H 32.5 in W 19.5 in D 21.5 in
Set of Four American Regency Hitchcock Style Baltimore Dining Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare set of four 19th century American Regency caned Baltimore fancy dining chairs made in the style and manner of Lambert Hitchcock's early stenciled chairs.
Cane, Wood
19th century chairs
Located in New Canaan, CT
One might consider them country cousins to the more refined Baltimore fancy chairs.
Pair of Baltimore "Fancy" Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Baltimore, 1820-1830. With faux-rosewood graining and gilt stencil decoration, the shaped crest rails held by turned stiles, a stay rail above a rush seat withy turned front and r...
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H 35.5 in W 17.75 in D 16 in
Set of 6 Signed Vintage Hitchcock Painted and Stenciled Side Chairs, circa 1958
By Lambert Hitchcock
Located in Quechee, VT
Lambert Hitchcock was the first American entrepreneur to mass produce chairs on an assembly line. He used local resources and labor and interpreted aspects of 1820s American taste su...
Rush, Maple
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