Fine Chippendale Carved Mahogany Side ChairAttributed to Benjamin Randolph (1721–1791)Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCirca 1775
Chair marked II with corresponding original slip seat marked II.
Height 38 3/4 in. by Width 24 1/2 in. by Depth 22 1/2 in.; Seat Height 18 1/2 in.Condition report Chair marked II with corresponding original slip seat marked II: the real proper right corner block is replaced. The rear proper left leg with accession number m102 and the bottom of the chair with 295.41. The proper right front leg with a dowel repair behind the bottom of the carved knee. It appears the leg was at one time cracked and repaired and appears to be original. Accession number on the back below the shoe: 3-1963-5. There are cracks at each mortis and tenon joints but there are no apparent replacements.
The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colors and shades which are different to the lot's actual color and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation. The condition report is a statement of opinion only. For that reason, the condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS ONLINE CONDITION REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE/BUSINESS APPLICABLE TO THE RESPECTIVE SALE.ProvenanceParke-Bernet Inc., New York, Property of the Estate of the Late Reginald L. Lewis, March 24 and 25, 1961, sale 2026, lot 251;
Joseph Kindig Antiques, York, Pennsylvania, 1962.Catalogue noteThis side chair is numbered II of a larger set of chairs and represents a popular chair pattern made in Philadelphia during the Colonial period, with a pierced splat adapted from Plate XIII and Plate XIV of The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker’s Director by Thomas Chippendale (London, 1762). This chair is associated with the shop of Benjamin Randolph (1737-1792) on the basis of shared similarities with labeled side chairs numbered III and IV in the Karolik Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and two numbered I and II in a private collection.1 These chairs are the focus of the article by Philip D. Zimmerman, “Labeled Randolph Chairs Rediscovered,” in American Furniture 1998, edited by Luke Beckerdite (Milwaukee: The Chipstone Foundation), pp. 81-98.
This chair is nearly identical to a chair with a history in the Biddle family marked V in the collection of Yale University Art Gallery (acc. no. 1930.2102b).2 Another side chair possibly made as part of the same set was sold in these rooms in the Property from the Collection of Mr. And Mrs. George Fenimore Johnson, January 19, 2008, sale 8401, lot 99.
Several other chairs are known with a closely related design representing multiple shop traditions. One is illustrated in The Philadelphia Chair, 1685-1785 by Joseph K. Kindig, III.3 Two other related chairs were sold in these rooms in The Highly Important Americana Collection of George S. Parker II from the Caxambas Foundation, January 19, 2017, sale 9605, lots 1254 and 2119.
1 Edwin Hipkiss, Eighteenth-Century American Arts: The M. and M. Karolik Collection (Boston, 1950). no. 89, pp. 152-3 .
2 Patricia E. Kane, Three-Hundred Years of American Seating Furniture (Boston, 1976) no. 92, p. 109-110.
3 Joseph K. Kindig III, The Philadelphia Chair (York, Pennsylvania, 1978), fig. 54.
Fine Chippendale Carved Mahogany Side ChairAttributed to Benjamin Randolph (1721–1791)Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCirca 1775
Chair marked II with corresponding original slip seat marked II.
Height 38 3/4 in. by Width 24 1/2 in. by Depth 22 1/2 in.; Seat Height 18 1/2 in.Condition report Chair marked II with corresponding original slip seat marked II: the real proper right corner block is replaced. The rear proper left leg with accession number m102 and the bottom of the chair with 295.41. The proper right front leg with a dowel repair behind the bottom of the carved knee. It appears the leg was at one time cracked and repaired and appears to be original. Accession number on the back below the shoe: 3-1963-5. There are cracks at each mortis and tenon joints but there are no apparent replacements.
The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colors and shades which are different to the lot's actual color and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation. The condition report is a statement of opinion only. For that reason, the condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS ONLINE CONDITION REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE/BUSINESS APPLICABLE TO THE RESPECTIVE SALE.ProvenanceParke-Bernet Inc., New York, Property of the Estate of the Late Reginald L. Lewis, March 24 and 25, 1961, sale 2026, lot 251;
Joseph Kindig Antiques, York, Pennsylvania, 1962.Catalogue noteThis side chair is numbered II of a larger set of chairs and represents a popular chair pattern made in Philadelphia during the Colonial period, with a pierced splat adapted from Plate XIII and Plate XIV of The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker’s Director by Thomas Chippendale (London, 1762). This chair is associated with the shop of Benjamin Randolph (1737-1792) on the basis of shared similarities with labeled side chairs numbered III and IV in the Karolik Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and two numbered I and II in a private collection.1 These chairs are the focus of the article by Philip D. Zimmerman, “Labeled Randolph Chairs Rediscovered,” in American Furniture 1998, edited by Luke Beckerdite (Milwaukee: The Chipstone Foundation), pp. 81-98.
This chair is nearly identical to a chair with a history in the Biddle family marked V in the collection of Yale University Art Gallery (acc. no. 1930.2102b).2 Another side chair possibly made as part of the same set was sold in these rooms in the Property from the Collection of Mr. And Mrs. George Fenimore Johnson, January 19, 2008, sale 8401, lot 99.
Several other chairs are known with a closely related design representing multiple shop traditions. One is illustrated in The Philadelphia Chair, 1685-1785 by Joseph K. Kindig, III.3 Two other related chairs were sold in these rooms in The Highly Important Americana Collection of George S. Parker II from the Caxambas Foundation, January 19, 2017, sale 9605, lots 1254 and 2119.
1 Edwin Hipkiss, Eighteenth-Century American Arts: The M. and M. Karolik Collection (Boston, 1950). no. 89, pp. 152-3 .
2 Patricia E. Kane, Three-Hundred Years of American Seating Furniture (Boston, 1976) no. 92, p. 109-110.
3 Joseph K. Kindig III, The Philadelphia Chair (York, Pennsylvania, 1978), fig. 54.
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