Seating
A Set of Four Rococo Side Chairs. Central European, ca 1750
A set of four Rococo walnut and ebony quatrefoil premiere and contre-partie marquetry side chairs - part of a larger set -, with masterful all over serpentine contours, with distinctive "line and dot" marquetry inlay. Central European, possibly Russian, ca 1750. The distinctive Bohemian form, including hoof feet, splat grab scroll and quatrefoil-all over marquetry is derived from the Neuwied School. A possible attribution to the Strassbourg area has been suggested. W 19.5 IN H 39.5 IN 17.25 IN. Ref. # FS004
A Pair of Louis XVI Side Chairs. Poland, ca 1780
A pair of Louis XVI carved and inlaid walnut side chairs in the Grecian taste. Polish (Kolbuszowa), ca 1780. Cf: An almost identical chair formerly in the Tadeusz Wierzejski Collection ill. Bozenna Mazskowska 1956 Warsaw, pl. 40. W 16.5 IN H 31 IN D 16 IN. Ref. #FS017
A Pair of Biedermeier Cherrywood Side Chairs. South German, ca 1815
A pair of Biedermeier inlaid and ebonized cherrywood side chairs. South German, possibly Stuttgart, ca 1815. W 17.75 IN H 35.25 IN D 15.25. Ref. # FS001
A Pair of Moderne Side Chairs. Swedish, ca 1920
A pair of Moderne inlaid satin birch side chairs. Indistinctly stamped "…… Karlstad". Swedish, Karlstad, ca 1920. The distinctive hammered and nailed metal sabots, the inlaid rose motif in the splats and the abstracted Queen Anne vasiform splat, all fall within the tenets of early Swedish modernism. W 18 IN H 37.5 IN D 16.75 IN. Ref. # FS006
A Pair of Late Biedermeier Fauteuils. Austrian, ca 1840
A pair of late Biedermeier inlaid rosewood fauteuils. Austrian, Vienna, ca 1840. With distinguished stylized scroll arms on dolphin shaped accotoirs and console front legs. W 22 IN H 35 IN D 18.75 IN. Ref. # FS014
A Pair of Wiener Werkstatte Caned Side Chairs. Austrian, ca 1916
A pair of Wiener Werkstatte J&J Kohn #329 ebonized beechwood caned side chairs, the design by Josef Hoffmann (1901). Austrian, Vienna, ca 1916. CF: Jacob & Josef Kohn/Wien , catalogue 1916 as "sessel # 329". A set of six with Dieter Brunkster Kunsthandel, Berlin, 2015. The design, attributed to Hoffmann, is closely related to #327, now ascribed to Gustav Siegel, a Hoffmann protege at the Wiener Werkstatte. W 16.5 IN H 36 IN D 15 IN. Ref. # FS007.
A Spanish Colonial Armchair. Nueva Granada, ca 1750
A Spanish Colonial vermillion polychromed and giltwood armchair with distinctive rociaille cresting and eagle head scroll accotoirs, raised on cabriole legs on ball and claw feet; the whole of strong Georgian influence. Vice Royalty of Nueva Granada, ca 1750. W 28 IN H 47 IN D 18.75 IN. Ref. # FS015
A Directoire Mahoganized Chestnut Marquise. French, ca 1790
A Directoire mahoganized chestnut marquise with distinctive lozenge motif splat and boldly carved full maned lion head accotoirs. French, ca 1790. W 34.75 IN H 37 IN D 25.5 IN. Ref. # FS020
A Pair of Spanish Colonial Neoclassical Armchairs. Vto. De. Nva. Espana, ca 1830
A pair of Spanish Colonial Neoclassical walnut armchairs. Vto. De Nva. Espana (Mexican), ca 1830. W 24.75 IN H 30.25 IN D 21 IN. CF: Possibly the work of a Germaniccraftsman, the distinctive profile closely related to continental Biedermeier contemporary typeforms. Ref. # FS010