Set of Six Classical Black-Painted and Gilt Decorated Side Chairs, Baltimore, Maryland, Circa 1825

Each having a rectangular crestrail painted with stylized classical leafage in gilt on a black ground, above a drop-in seat, the frame conformingly painted with stylized leafage and continuing to ring-turned tapering legs joined by turned stretchers. Some restoration to paint.

Sotheby's New York, The Andy Warhol Collection: American and European and American Paintings, Drawings and Prints, April 30, 1988, sale 6000, lot 3214;
New York Private Collector;
Acquired by the present owner circa 2001.

Paint with wear and losses; small chips to wood throughout. Chairs are stamped 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, and 12 respectively. Chair stamped 12 also with "III" carved on front rail. Chairs stamped 8 and 5 with later corner brackets, and chair stamped 5 with significant paint loss.
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