Important Historic Americana | October 17, 2024
Thu, Oct 17, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1113
Important Philadelphia Chippendale Mahogany Easy Chair
Estimate: $35,000 - $55,000
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Attributed to the Garvan high chest carver, circa 1760, fully developed form with scrolled arms and raked back, finely carved cabriole front legs attributed to the Garvan high chest carver, 45 x 38 x 29-1/4 in.
Provenance: Parke Bernet Galleries, Inc. "The Celebrated Collection Formed by the Late Mr. and Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood," New York, May 1954, lot 514; H.L. Chalfant, 1990; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey
Note: Formerly owned by legendary collector Luke Vincent Lockwood, this easy chair is one of only three known to have ornament by the Garvan high chest carver. Another is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the remaining example sold at Christie's for $1,166,500 (Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, New York, September 24, 2012, lot 19).
The Garvan high chest carver was the most influential Philadelphia artisan working in the rococo style. Although he remains anonymous, his work dates from the 1750s to c.1770. The carving on this chair is from the beginning of his career and relates most closely to that on several early tall case clocks and a seminal "Crim chair" in the collection of the Chipstone Foundation (O. A. Kirkland, Catalogue of the Celebrated Dr. William H. Crim Collection of Genuine Antiques, Baltimore, April 22, 1903, lot 231; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, The Collection of Arthur J. Sussel, January 22-24, 1959; Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone [Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984], pp. 140-41).
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Parke Bernet Galleries, Inc. "The Celebrated Collection Formed by the Late Mr. and Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood," New York, May 1954, lot 514; H.L. Chalfant, 1990; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey
rear legs and front seat rail are replacements; the frame has had other restorations related to upholstering, including areas of consolidation and some patches at side rails (upholstery not removed for exam, but can be removed on request); front feet formerly fitted with casters, now removed, two front knee blocks repaired; all of the conservation work was performed by Alan Miller (copies conservation notes accompany the lot)
