Sale 53 Lot 1426  

PAIR MATCHED AMERICAN ROCOCO-REVIVAL MAHOGANY RECAMIERS, Circa 1850, in the French taste, with tufted lime-colored upholstery. C-scrolling serpentine down-swept padded back; side-scrolled arm; scrolling serpentine seat rail; similar castered scrolling-bracket feet - 33 in. x 85 in. x 23 in.
Estimate $1,200-1,600

NOTE: See for a similar recamier, see Gregory W. Weidman, "Furniture in Maryland, 1740 - 1940, p. 248, pl. 234.

PROVENANCE: An historic Eastern Shore of Maryland farm, dating to 1648

Sold for $1,900

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