The Parrish Family Chippendale Carved Mahogany Side ChairPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaCirca 1775
Chair branded PARISH. Chair marked III with unmarked period slip seat.
Height 39 1/4 in. by Width 22 in. by Depth 18 in; Seat Height 17 1/2 in.Condition reportIn overall very fine condition. Rear corner blocks are replaced.
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.ProvenanceDr. Joseph Parrish (1779-1840), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;John Walton, Jewitt City, Connecticut, April 1968Catalogue noteNumbered III and branded PARRISH on its seat rail, this chair stems from a set of chairs owned by a Dr. Joseph Parrish (1779-1840), a prominent Quaker, physician and medical teacher in Philadelphia. Chair number I of the set is in the collection of Winterthur Museum and also stamped PARRISH on the inside back seat rail.1 Number IIII of the set also branded PARRISH is in the collection of the Dietrich American Foundation.2 A fourth chair from the set is in the collection of Winterthur Museum. One of these or another chair from the set is illustrated by William M. Hornor in Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (1935) as plate 329 and the property of Miss Mary DeHaven.
With a design inspired by chair patterns illustrated in plates XIIII and XV of The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker’s Director (London, 1762) by Thomas Chippendale this set of chairs represents the height of fashion in Colonial Philadelphia. From the shell- and acanthus-carved crest rail to the fluted stiles centering a tassel-carved splat, gadrooned shoe and apron, seat rail with asymmetrical acanthus-carving, and front claw feet, the chairs in this set are exceptional in quality and design. Several other closely related sets of tassel back side chairs with fluted stiles, acanthus carved rails, and gadrooned skirts are extant. One set without a gadrooned shoe is represented by a side chair also with a history in the Parrish family that was owned by Joseph K. Kindig III.3 That chair that was included in the exhibition The Philadelphia Chair: 1685-1785 held at the Historical Society of York County, in York Pennsylvania from May 28-September 23, 1978 and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue as fig. 45. A side chair from a more opulent set with an acanthus carved splat and knees was owned by Dr. William H. Crim of Baltimore until 1903 and is currently in the collection of the Chipstone Foundation.4 Another chair from that set is owned by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland.5 Two other side chairs from a third related set display carving attributed to the “Garvan carver.” One was sold in These Rooms, Important Americana, January 18, 2008, sale 8400, lot 308. The other example at Winterthur Museum is illustrated by William M. Hornor in Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture with missing knee returns as the “rather conspicuous Maris-Gregg Family side chair in the possession of the Great-Granddaughter of the original owner.”6
Joseph Parrish was born in Philadelphia on September 2, 1779 the son of Isaac (1734-1836) and Sarah (Mitchell) Parrish (1739-1825). He studied medicine with Dr. Caspar Wistar in 1800 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1805 after which time he became resident physician at the yellow fever hospital. He worked at the Philadelphia Dispensary, the Philadelphia Almshouse and at Pennsylvania Hospital as a physician, surgeon or manager throughout his life. In 1808, he married Susanna Coxe (1788-1851), daughter of John Coxe of Burlington, New Jersey. Dr. Parrish was president of the board of managers of the Wills Hospital for the relief of the indigent, blind and lame, 1832-1840; a member of the Medical Society and College of Physicians of Philadelphia; a member and president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, and a member of the Society of Friends. Two of his grandchildren – the siblings Helen Longstreth Parrish (b. 1859) and Morris Longstreth Parrish (b. 1867) – owned Philadelphia furniture illustrated by William M. Hornor in the Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (1935): pls. 317, 424. They were the children of Dr. Parrish’s son, George Dillwyn Parrish (1820-1871), and his wife Sarah Longstreth Parrish (b. 1829).
1 Charles F. Hummel, A Winterthur Guide to American Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies (New York, 1976), fig. 64, p. 71. acc. no. 68.0088.001 and 1968.0088.002.2 Object ID number 8.1.2.1262.3 Christie’s, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, January 20, 2017, lot 605.4 Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone (Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), no. 61, pp. 140-41.5 Cited by Roque, p. 140. Maryland Heritage: Five Baltimore Institutions Celebrate the American Bicentennial: The Walters Art Gallery, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Historical Society, The Peale Museum, Maryland Academy of Science, edited by John B. Boles, (Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 1976), cat. no. 91.6 William M. Hornor, Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (1935), pl. 330.
The Parrish Family Chippendale Carved Mahogany Side ChairPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaCirca 1775
Chair branded PARISH. Chair marked III with unmarked period slip seat.
Height 39 1/4 in. by Width 22 in. by Depth 18 in; Seat Height 17 1/2 in.Condition reportIn overall very fine condition. Rear corner blocks are replaced.
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.ProvenanceDr. Joseph Parrish (1779-1840), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;John Walton, Jewitt City, Connecticut, April 1968Catalogue noteNumbered III and branded PARRISH on its seat rail, this chair stems from a set of chairs owned by a Dr. Joseph Parrish (1779-1840), a prominent Quaker, physician and medical teacher in Philadelphia. Chair number I of the set is in the collection of Winterthur Museum and also stamped PARRISH on the inside back seat rail.1 Number IIII of the set also branded PARRISH is in the collection of the Dietrich American Foundation.2 A fourth chair from the set is in the collection of Winterthur Museum. One of these or another chair from the set is illustrated by William M. Hornor in Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (1935) as plate 329 and the property of Miss Mary DeHaven.
With a design inspired by chair patterns illustrated in plates XIIII and XV of The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker’s Director (London, 1762) by Thomas Chippendale this set of chairs represents the height of fashion in Colonial Philadelphia. From the shell- and acanthus-carved crest rail to the fluted stiles centering a tassel-carved splat, gadrooned shoe and apron, seat rail with asymmetrical acanthus-carving, and front claw feet, the chairs in this set are exceptional in quality and design. Several other closely related sets of tassel back side chairs with fluted stiles, acanthus carved rails, and gadrooned skirts are extant. One set without a gadrooned shoe is represented by a side chair also with a history in the Parrish family that was owned by Joseph K. Kindig III.3 That chair that was included in the exhibition The Philadelphia Chair: 1685-1785 held at the Historical Society of York County, in York Pennsylvania from May 28-September 23, 1978 and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue as fig. 45. A side chair from a more opulent set with an acanthus carved splat and knees was owned by Dr. William H. Crim of Baltimore until 1903 and is currently in the collection of the Chipstone Foundation.4 Another chair from that set is owned by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland.5 Two other side chairs from a third related set display carving attributed to the “Garvan carver.” One was sold in These Rooms, Important Americana, January 18, 2008, sale 8400, lot 308. The other example at Winterthur Museum is illustrated by William M. Hornor in Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture with missing knee returns as the “rather conspicuous Maris-Gregg Family side chair in the possession of the Great-Granddaughter of the original owner.”6
Joseph Parrish was born in Philadelphia on September 2, 1779 the son of Isaac (1734-1836) and Sarah (Mitchell) Parrish (1739-1825). He studied medicine with Dr. Caspar Wistar in 1800 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1805 after which time he became resident physician at the yellow fever hospital. He worked at the Philadelphia Dispensary, the Philadelphia Almshouse and at Pennsylvania Hospital as a physician, surgeon or manager throughout his life. In 1808, he married Susanna Coxe (1788-1851), daughter of John Coxe of Burlington, New Jersey. Dr. Parrish was president of the board of managers of the Wills Hospital for the relief of the indigent, blind and lame, 1832-1840; a member of the Medical Society and College of Physicians of Philadelphia; a member and president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, and a member of the Society of Friends. Two of his grandchildren – the siblings Helen Longstreth Parrish (b. 1859) and Morris Longstreth Parrish (b. 1867) – owned Philadelphia furniture illustrated by William M. Hornor in the Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (1935): pls. 317, 424. They were the children of Dr. Parrish’s son, George Dillwyn Parrish (1820-1871), and his wife Sarah Longstreth Parrish (b. 1829).
1 Charles F. Hummel, A Winterthur Guide to American Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies (New York, 1976), fig. 64, p. 71. acc. no. 68.0088.001 and 1968.0088.002.2 Object ID number 8.1.2.1262.3 Christie’s, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, January 20, 2017, lot 605.4 Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone (Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), no. 61, pp. 140-41.5 Cited by Roque, p. 140. Maryland Heritage: Five Baltimore Institutions Celebrate the American Bicentennial: The Walters Art Gallery, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Historical Society, The Peale Museum, Maryland Academy of Science, edited by John B. Boles, (Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 1976), cat. no. 91.6 William M. Hornor, Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (1935), pl. 330.
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