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Set of 16 Edward Wormley Neoclassical Dining Chairs

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  • Dining Chair by Edward Wormley
    By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
    Located in Sagaponack, NY
    A sinuous upholstered dining chair on tapered legs.
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    Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

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    Upholstery, Walnut

  • 1950s Set of Four Model 675 Dining Chairs by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
    By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
    Located in Sagaponack, NY
    A set of dining chairs with exposed walnut frames supporting floating laminated seats and sculptural back rests, both covered in vintage upholstery. Designed in 1953 as a component o...
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    Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

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    Upholstery, Walnut

  • Four Edward Wormley Precedent by Drexel Dining Chairs 239-4 8 Available
    By Edward Wormley
    Located in Pasadena, TX
    Edward Wormley designed for Precedent Side Chairs series 239-4 in 1947, neoclassical area. Set of 4 dining chairs, solid wood construction, natural finish. 8 available
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    Vintage 1940s American Neoclassical Dining Room Chairs

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    Wood

  • Set of Six 239-4 Edward Wormley Precedent by Drexel Dining Chairs
    By Drexel, Edward Wormley
    Located in Pasadena, TX
    Edward Wormley designed for Precedent Side Chairs series 239-4 in 1947. Set of 6 dining chairs, solid wood construction, natural finish. D...
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    Vintage 1950s North American Neoclassical Revival Dining Room Chairs

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  • Set of 16 Klismos-Form Dining Chairs
    Located in New York, NY
    Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1820. Mahogany (secondary woods: Birch and maple; slip seats: Birch and pine) Measures: 33 1/4 in. high, 18 5/8 in. wide, 19 ¼ in. deep (overall). Ex Coll: Private collection, until 2004; to [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 2004]; to private collection, 2004 until the present. Exhibited: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1999–2000, Boston in the Age of Neoclassicism, 1810–1840, p. 57 no. 21D illus. in color // Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 2001–2002, of the Newest Fashion: Masterpieces of American neoclassical Decorative Arts, pp. 93 cat. 26, 95 illus. in color two chairs from the set / Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 2014-2015, very rich and handsome, p. 30 no. 5 illus. in color two chairs from the set. One of the signature forms of furniture of the neoclassical period in the United States is the klismos chair as interpreted by a group of Boston cabinetmakers in the period circa 1820 (see Page Talbott, “Seating Furniture in Boston, 1810–1835,” The Magazine Antiques CXXXIX [May 1991], pp. 966ff.). These chairs are usually characterized by sabre legs at the front and the back and curved crest rails typically enriched with flaming mahogany veneers, their ends often punctuated by stylized leaves, anthemia, or scrolls, and center splats decorated with leaves, drapery, lyres, etc. Just as it is easy to identify a New York or Philadelphia side, or dining, chair of the period, so Boston chairs have a certain “look” that sets them apart from chairs from all other American cabinetmaking centers in this period. The sumptuous nature of the lotus bud and tulip-carved swags which form the back splats of these chairs is offset by the simplicity of the crest rail, in which oval veneered panels are encircled by a raised molding, and by the reeded stiles which seamlessly sweep down to become first the side-rails and then the front legs of the chairs. Although the form of these chairs relates them to many comparable Boston examples of the period, none of these other chairs feature the paw feet that terminate the front legs of the present set of chairs, a feature that appears to be otherwise unknown on Boston side chairs...
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    Antique 19th Century American Neoclassical Dining Room Chairs

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    Mahogany

  • Edward Wormley for Dunbar Dining Chairs, Set of 8
    By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
    Located in St.Petersburg, FL
    A set of 8 rare dining chairs designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. This set features two arm or "Captain's" chairs along with 6 side chairs. Great form with a gentle curved back an...
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    Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

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    Upholstery, Mahogany

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