Pair of Side Chairs

Artist / Maker

Possibly by Hugh Finlay (1781–1830)

City of Manufacture

Baltimore

Date

c. 1815–1830

Dimensions

33 × 17-1/2 × 16-1/2 in.

Medium

Primary woods: tulip poplar, maple

Surface treatments: painted decoration, stencil gilding, applied penwork, replacement caning

Provenance

By descent through the Hutchins family of My Lady’s Manor, Baltimore County, MD; Probably originally owned by Col. William G. Hutchins (1800–1871), who married Sarah Anderson (d. 1830) in 1825; To James Alfred Hutchins (1826–1888) and Caroline Lowry Herring (1834–1920); To their son William Herbert Hutchins (1860–1905) and his wife Laura (d. 1937); To their daughter Garnet B. Hutchins (1891–1978); Sale, Milton J. Dance Auctioneers, Jun. 9, 1979, at the residence of Garnet Hutchins, Old York Road, Monkton, MD. With Colwill-McGehee Antiques, Baltimore, MD by 1994. Private Sale, Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NC, 2020; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2020.