Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

June 22, 2024: Premier Americana - Day Four

Sat, Jun 22, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Shenandoah Valley
Lot 2260

FREDERICK CO. COURTHOUSE, WINCHESTER, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA PAINTED FANCY ARMCHAIR

Estimate: $500 - $800
Sold for
$7,012.50
Sold Price includes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

FREDERICK CO. COURTHOUSE, WINCHESTER, SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA PAINTED FANCY ARMCHAIR, poplar and white oak, tablet crest with chamfered rear edges above two turned posts centering two narrow slats, downswept scroll-grip arms, and a shaped plank seat, raised on dome-cap and ring-turned front legs and tapered splaying rear legs, joined by plain offset-box stretchers. Stenciled under the seat "C. HOUSE" and "FREDERICK CO. / VA". Retaining its original rosewood-grained paint, gold banding, and yellow pinstripes. Probably the shop of David Russell, Jr. (1799-1859), Winchester, Frederick Co., VA. Circa 1840. 35" HOA, 18" H seat, 21 1/2" WOA, 19" DOA.
Literature: See Evans - Come In and Have a Seat: Vernacular Chairs of the Shenandoah Valley, pp. 65-67 for related turnings and decoration. 
Catalogue Note: David Russell, Jr. and his father operated the most prolific chair shop in Winchester from around 1785 to 1860, with many surviving examples. However, this is the first armchair that has been recorded and the only known example made for the Courthouse. The firm employed many different workers and primarily produced Windsor and Fancy chairs. Their Fancy chair designs were closely based on the Baltimore style of the period. One main difference in their chairs is the use of faux rosewood paint with gold banding and yellow pinstriping. This particular decoration is not found on Baltimore chairs.

Condition

Very good condition overall with much less than expected wear to the paint, the proper right front leg dowel is broken within the seat, which should be a simple glue repair.

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Recently discovered at a yard sale in Winchester, VA.