Pair of American Mahogany Upholstered Slip Seat Gondola Chairs (1830-35)

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Pair of American Neoclassic mahogany and figured mahogany veneered slip seat gondola chairs in the French Restoration taste. The boxed … more Pair of American Neoclassic mahogany and figured mahogany veneered slip seat gondola chairs in the French Restoration taste. The boxed slip seat is fitted to a bowed mahogany front seat frame on pseudo sabre front legs and dramatically raked rear legs. The chair back side rails slope upward from the seat frame to a raised & scrolled crest rail. Below the crest rail, a concave vasiform splat extends down to the back seat rail. After the design published by Messenger & Co. Paris, France.
American, New York, 1830-35. less