6 Antique 19th C Classical American Empire Crotch Mahogany Gondola Dining Chairs


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Description

Set of six early 19th century American Empire Period Dining Chairs. Made from crotch mahogany with a smooth rail over scrolled crest and vase shaped splat. Seats feature an upholstered in red with a brocade design.

For some the period known as "American Empire", roughly 1820 to 1840, forms a simple continuum with the furniture and interiors of the Federal era, however a number of distinct characteristics can be identified.

Origins
Although the empire period was paralleled in England, in Regency furniture, the influence of English design, and designers such as Thomas Hope, declined significantly. Instead American furniture makers began to break away from things English, and took their inspiration from the Neoclassical, Grecian style of French designers of the French Empire period in France. Napoleon's admiration for the Roman Empire, his trip to Egypt, and several archaeological expeditions to Greece and Rome all influenced French, and then American, styles of decor.

Condition

Good overall condition, wear and distressing commensurate with age and use, rubbing, splitting, veneer alligatoring/crazing, past repair to one splat.

Dimensions

17.5" x 18.5" x 32"h, seat 17.5"