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Pair of Classical Lyre-Back Mahogany Side Chairs with Paw Feet, Phyfe school

$16,000List Priceper set

About the Item

Illustrated: A nearly identical chair to this pair (but with applied carved roundels at the knees) is in the Yale University collection. See scanned page below from 300 Years of American Seating Furniture, Patricia E. Kane, (cat. no. 157). Provenance: George D. Glazer An elegant pair of chairs by the side of a case piece (bureau or desk) makes an inviting statement, with their light weight, grace and beauty to live with. This pair is composed of heavy Cuban mahogany and beautifully carved throughout. This form of chair is derived from the Grecian klismos chair, introduced to architects and furniture craftsmen in the late 18th Century through such works as Hamilton's Vases. See Hugues d'Hancarville, Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities (Naples: 1766-67) (illustrating antique vase decoration showing, among other things, use of klismos chairs). The use of a classical form for an entire chair, rather than just for incidental decoration, is characteristic of the strict adherence to archaeological precedents of the later post-Adam neoclassical period. These forms were popularized in published architectural designs by Percier and Fontaine in France, and by Thomas Hope and George Smith in England. The lyre -- the attribute of the - Grecian and Roman god Apollo -- was a popular motif in neoclassical decorative arts. There are many examples of American klismos chairs with lyre splats and paw feet. See, e.g., Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture, The Federal Period (The Viking Press, New York: 1966), Item 73 (illustrating example at Winterthur Museum); Marilynn Johnson et al., 19th century America, Furniture and Other Decorative Arts (New York Graphic Society, Ltd.: 1970), Item 27 (illustrating one of a large set of chairs by Duncan Phyfe for the New Jersey Livingston family, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art). See also Montgomery, Item 72a (Phyfe sketch of lyre-splat klismos chair). A nearly identical chair to this pair (but with applied carved roundels at the knees) is in the Yale University collection See Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture (New York Graphic Society, Boston: 1976) (Item 157) (see scan). See also John T. Kirk, Early American Furniture (Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1970), page 57, fig. 42 (illustrating same chair). Kane notes that a design for lyre chairs is in The New-York Book of Prices for Manufacturing Cabinet and Chair Work for 1817. (Kane, Item 157.) See also Montgomery, Item 73. We acquired these chairs 25 years ago from George D. Glazer., a New York Dealer specializing in maps and globes. Occasionally, important things came to him. He knew me personally, and when he acquired these chairs, he called us, as this pair is a collector’s prize in museum quality condition.

Dimensions:
Height: 38 in (96.52 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)Depth: 17 in (43.18 cm)Seat Height: 17 in (43.18 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Style:
American Classical (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Mahogany
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1810-1819
Date of Manufacture:
1810
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Providence, RI
Reference Number:
Seller: sw011031stDibs: LU907520412502

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