Description

Green-gray painted Swedish side chair circa 1825-1845. Hand-carved and constructed with stub, or blind, mortise and tenon joints and through-mortise and tenon joints. Originally completely coated in gesso and painted or perhaps gilded. Gray-green painted finish is not original, but is early. Losses to painted finish and gesso. Seat newly covered in a natural color textile. Wonderful carved piercings decorate back-splat.