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SET OF SIX FEDERAL SIDE CHAIRS SIMILAR TO THOSE AT MOUNT VERNON

Creator: John Aitken (Attributed)
Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
SET OF SIX FEDERAL SIDE CHAIRS SIMILAR TO THOSE AT MOUNT VERNON
Attributed to John Aitken
Philadelphia ? Circa 1795

Primary Wood: Mahogany
Secondary Wood: Ash, Tulip Poplar

Height: 35 3/4 inches
Width: 19 ½ inches
Depth: 17 ¼ inches

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Given by Miss Adelaide Milton DeGroot in 1936 and said to have descended to her in the Hawley family.

Reference: Chairs with the same splat pattern were made by John Aitken of Philadelphia for George Washington. Those chairs appear in Helen M. Fede, Washington Furniture At Mount Vernon, page 61. These chairs are listed incorrectly as New York in V. Isabelle Miller's 1956 exhibition catalog, Furniture by New York Cabinetmakers, entry 88, which was held at the Museum of the City of New York.

Item number 6488

Categories: Seating Furniture, Sets of Chairs Tags: AITKEN, FEDERAL, MAHOGANY, PHILADELPHIA, RACQUET BACK, SET OF SIX, SIDE CHAIRS, WASHINGTON

More Information

Period:	18th Century
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1795
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Federal
Dealer Reference #:	6488
Incollect Reference #:	638652

Dimensions

W.	19.5 in;	H.	35.75 in;	D.	17.25 in;
W.	49.53 cm;	H.	90.81 cm;	D.	43.82 cm;

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