1149507

American/ England Williamsburg? Settee 1774 #1149507

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American/ England Williamsburg?  Settee 1774 #1149507
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English? Or American?
We belive it be of American piece of Pre-Revolution furniture. It is attributed to the shop
of
Edmund Dickinson of Williamsburg, Virginia.<p>The
?honeysuckle? motif
on the settee?s crest rail connections also has the ?husk? just
below
it. These Rococo designs and its basic form all point to the English
Chippendale design. We also find similar design motifs from
examples
used in ?Southern Furniture 1680-1830?, the Colonial
Williamsburg
Collection by Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown
(pgs. 112-114 #26 side chair). The second recorded example is
an early
photo example of a side chair in ?The Standard Book of
AMERICAN ANTIQUE
FURNITURE? by Edgar G. Miller, Jr. (Greystone Press, New York,
NY,
Copyright 1937-Copyright 1950 (#180, pg. 169) This
description is
early and rather vague.<p>Settees are broken into two groups,
those
with backs and those without. The early settees (without
upholstered
backs), were like having two or three chairs side by side with the
same
seat. The soft curved Chippendale back of this settee and the
carved
New York Bellflower motif, which runs along the crest and sides,
are
all part of the new Palmyrian
taste. It could have been carved by George Hamilton who was an
English
carver employed by Dickinson in 1774.<p>Now, what makes
this piece so
important? It could be an undiscovered piece of Pre-Revolution
American
furniture made in Williamsburg Virginia.
The only losses we are aware of, are
that the
seat cushion is ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1774</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:America/England</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:37.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:23</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:64</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:American/ England Williamsburg? Settee 1774</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:"New Palmyrian Taste"</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Mahogany, White Oak, & Ash</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Three chair-back Settee</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Savannah, GA</td></tr>
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