A SET OF TWELVE FEDERAL PAINT-DECORATED DINING CHAIRS
PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EAST COAST COLLECTOR
A SET OF TWELVE FEDERAL PAINT-DECORATED DINING CHAIRS

BALTIMORE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF TWELVE FEDERAL PAINT-DECORATED DINING CHAIRS
BALTIMORE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
comprising 10 side chairs and 2 arm chairs; 9 appear to retain original painted rush seats with sea grass padding
32 ¾ in. high

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This set of chairs exhibits classic Baltimore features such as painted decoration, rare surviving rush seats and stretchers with central medallions. For more information on Baltimore painted furniture see The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Painted Furniture 1800-1840 (Baltimore, 1972).

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