$750
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
American Furniture, Decorative & Folk Art
Auction: April 19, 2016 11:00:00 AM EDT
Provenance: Property Deaccessioned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.
The chairs were acquired for the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association by Mrs. Lily Lytle Macalester Berghmans Laughton, Vice Regent for Pennsylvania (1859-1891), and used in the Lafayette Bedchamber (Pennsylvania Room) as early as 1885.
According to tradition, this pair of chairs was owned by Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) of Burlington, New Jersey, who served as commissary general for American prisoners under General Washington during the Revolutionary War and later as the President of the Continental Congress from 1782-1783.