These chairs are carved in similar style to the sofa available in a separate listing.
These chairs are carved in a very similar manner to the furniture of the Belter School of New York City rococo cabinetmaking. The absence of laminating in the pierced carved sections and the greater restraint in overall form and detail suggests an attribution to Charles A. Baudoine or Alexander Roux, contemporaries and competitors of John Henry Belter. The French-born Baudoine was a highly sophisticated cabinetmaker, and this parlor set bears kinship to the simpler but elegant parlor set made by him for a house called Fountain Elms in Utica, New York, that set often cited in reference works as a hallmark of his style.
American, New York City, Circa 1850-60, Attributed to Charles A. Baudoine.
A fine carved open-arm chair by Charles Baudoine sold at the Weymouth Hall Auction in Natchez , Mississippi, on March 1-2, 1997 from which the value of this set has been extrapolated.
Size:
39" tall
20" wide
22 1/2" deep
Condition: Good condition for its age. The chairs were rarely used and sat for many years in a protected living room setting. The chairs were re-upholstered in the elegant red silk damask in the early 1950's, and the yardage was purported to have been $80.00 per yard. The wood is in very good condition, but from photos you can see one chair has two worn areas.
Price: $1,200. for the pair
#2-10A and #2-10B RM2
