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Premier Auction - Session II | November 12, 2022

Sat, Nov 12, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 819

Fine Pair American Classical Upholstered Footstools

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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school of Duncan Phyfe, New York, circa 1825, each of oval form finely upholstered in red and yellow silk damask, pedestal bases with quatrefoil supports and turned feet on brass casters, 17 x 25 x 19-1/2 in.

Note:

For similar examples see:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/7915

Hirschl & Adler, New York, https://www.hirschlandadler.com/decorative-arts-inventory/attributed-to-duncan-phyfe-new-york

Provenance: Private Virginia Collection

Condition

modern upholstery in very good condition, frames good overall with some later stabilizing plugs through bottom, minor patches and color retouch at central circular support, brass casters replaced

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