Lot 214

6 carved wood chairs with cane seats (19th Century)

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Lot 214
6 carved wood chairs with cane seats (19th Century)
Description
A set of six Baroque Revival carved walnut seating units comprising two open armchairs and four side chairs, each featuring an elaborately pierced and scroll-carved tall backrest decorated with foliate flourishes and central cresting, a woven split-cane seat panel, and robust turned stiles continuing to block and-turned legs joined by H-stretchers
Details
Carved walnut, natural split cane, animal-hide glues, internal steel screw reinforcements
tallest: 55 x 28 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches
seat height: 17 1/2 inches
Provenance
Proceeds to benefit City Opera
Condition
Fair condition; significant dry rot and separation to the woven split-cane webbing panels with several seats displaying sagging or complete breaks requiring total re-caning, minor structural looseness to individual H-stretcher joints, and scattered chips to the high-relief carving accents on the back crests


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Other works from Summer Estate Sale August 4, 2026 (sale completed)