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RARE FEDERAL CARVED SIDE CHAIR
Made and stamped by Stephen Badlam Dorchester Lower Mills, Massachusetts Circa 1795 Primary Wood: Mahogany Secondary Wood: Maple Height: 38 inches Width: 21 1/2 inches Depth: 18 1/2 inches
Reference: A nearly identical chair in the Winterthur Collection appears in Charles F. Montgomery’s American Furniture:; The Federal Period, page 86, entry 30. Both chairs are die-stamped “S. Badlam” on rear seat rail and “SF”, probably for journeyman Samuel Fiske.
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