Important Americana: The Charles and Olenka Santore Collection
Important Americana: The Charles and Olenka Santore Collection
Gibbs Family Brown-Painted Fan-Back Windsor Side Chair, Attributed to Joseph Henzey (1743-1796), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1790
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 20, 12:37 AM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gibbs Family Brown-Painted Fan-Back Windsor Side Chair
Attributed to Joseph Henzey (1743-1796)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Circa 1790
The underside of seat with early 20th century label inscribed This chair belonged to [...] Gibbs born 5, 2 [...] died 7,28,1842 mar Benjamin Atkinson 10,17,1754, died 29-1 [...] probably belonged to [...] & Phoebe Gibbs"
Height 37¼ in. by Width 18½ in. by Depth 17¼ in.
This chair was originally owned by Benjamin Atkinson (1754-1810) and Ann Gibbs (1756-1842) of Burlington, New Jersey. Ann's parents were Martin Gibbs (1732-1826) and Phebe Gibson (1734-1781). While the label states otherwise, given the likely date Henzey would have made the chair, Benjamin and Ann were its first owners.