PROBABLY BY THOMAS SEYMOUR (1771-1848) FOR ISAAC VOSE & SON, BOSTON, CIRCA 1820-1824

Details

A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR
PROBABLY BY THOMAS SEYMOUR (1771-1848) FOR ISAAC VOSE & SON, BOSTON, CIRCA 1820-1824
33 in. high

Literature

Berry B. Tracy, 19th Century America: Furniture and Decorative Arts (New York, 1970), no. 30.

Exhibited

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19th Century America: Furniture and Decorative Arts, 16 April - 7 September 1970.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Displaying the distinctive joinery and decorative devices of Thomas Seymour, this elegant lyre-carved side chair was likely made by the celebrated Boston cabinetmaker for Isaac Vose & Son. As recently discussed by Robert D. Mussey, Jr. and Clark Pearce, Seymour employed a unique seat rail "shelf" in the joining of the side and rear seat rails, a detail seen on the chair offered here. Furthermore, the chair has nearly identical carving to an example attributed to Thomas Seymour, probably for Isaac Vose & Son currently at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1971.180.29) (Robert D. Mussey, Jr and Clark Pearce, Elegant Rather Than Showy: The Classical Furniture of Issac Vose (Boston, 2018), inside front cover, pp. 264-267, fig. 332).

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