New York, possibly shop of Honore Lannuier, 1810-1820, both with tablet crest over eagles head and lyre carved splat, upholstered slip seats, on molded legs, one with leaf carved stile terminals, 34-3/4 in. (overall)Note: A related set of chairs with carved lyre backs attributed to Honore Lannuier are discussed in Kenny, Honore Lannuier: Cabinetmaker from Paris, plates 36-41. The French flavor of the two chairs offered here suggests a link to an ‚migr‚ craftsman. Closely related animal heads are found on silver by ‚migr‚ silversmiths. See, for instance, the silver punch pot by Simon Chaudron of Philadelphia in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated inÿ19th Century Americaÿby Barry Tracy, 1970, catalog no. 38. One of these chairs is illustratedÿin Katherine Gross Farnham, ?Living with Antiques: The Gordon-Banks House in the Georgia Piedmont,?ÿThe Magazine Antiques, 102, no. 3 (September 1972): p. 444.; Provenance: one with probable receipt from Ronald de Silva, New York, purchased January 1976 for $1,500 (accompanied by original receipt, with an attribution to Lannuier); The Estate of William N. Banks, Jr., Newnan, Georgia leaf carved example frame marked ?VII?, slip seat probably replaced, cracks and repairs at front leg attachments, interior of rails with several unused holes (presumably from braces for legs, now removed), minor crack at one eagles head; second chair with break and repair at one eagles neck, breaks and repairs at front leg attachments, one front leg with possible patch at back (lamination present), period slip seat, back of chair frame marked ?XV?, stains and wear to upholstery