Sale 96 Lot 1011  

SET OF SIX VIRGINIA HEPPLEWHITE MAHOGANY SHIELD-BACK DINING CHAIRS, Circa 1795. The openwork shield-shaped back with tri-partite splat; stuff-over serpentine-front seats covered in yellow damask fabric by Scalamandre; raised on square tapering legs connected by stretchers - 38 in. x 20 in. x 22 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

Illustrated in "Tidewater Christmas", an eight-page spread in Elle Décor, December 2000, page 223

PROVENANCE: Sycamore Farm, Portsmouth, VA, the large estate of Robert Vick and Charles Sibley

Sold for $1,200

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