OUTSTANDING AND RARE WINDSOR PAINTED SETTEE BRANDED G & R GAW.

OUTSTANDING AND RARE WINDSOR PAINTED SETTEE BRANDED G & R GAW. Found in a Maine home. Branded signature for Gilbert and Robert Gaw. Bottom branded two times and also has painted “#17 B.R.S.”. There is a tacked note written in 1917 signed “A.W.W. “This settee came from the house of Samuel R. Fisher in Phila. Probably belonged to his wife Hannah Rodman: Our grandmother Deborah Fisher Wharton remembers sleeping in it as a child”. Another label addressed “62 Washington St. Newport R. I.” “Property of Ethan M. Smith”. Partnership of Gilbert and Robert Gaw lasted between 1793-1798. (see “American Windsor Chairs”, Nancy G. Evane, 1996, pp 105 & 107). A settee with similar brand is in the Yale Collection. Also these makers were known to have billed George Washington $44 for twenty-four oval back chairs in 1796. Plank seat bench having six bamboo style splayed legs connected with bamboo style stretchers. The back having twenty-three bamboo turned rods with an elongated hoop back having connected scroll carved arms with fine turned front posts. An old black paint which, in parts, shows an earlier reddish paint. SIZE: 38” h x 57-1/2” across front of arms x 18-1/4” seat h. CONDITION: Very good with some wear to black paint and three small metal plates on back of top rail. 9-71447 (20,000-40,000)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Samoset 2006

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	700	$23,000.00	OUTSTANDING AND RARE WINDSOR PAINTED SETTEE BRANDED G & R GAW. Found in a Maine home. Branded signature for Gilbert and Robert Gaw. Bottom branded two times and also has painted “#17 B.R.S.”. There is a tacked note written in 1917 signed “A.W.W. “This settee came from the house of Samuel R. Fisher in Phila. Probably belonged to his wife Hannah Rodman: Our grandmother Deborah Fisher Wharton remembers sleeping in it as a child”. Another label addressed “62 Washington St. Newport R. I.” “Property of Ethan M. Smith”. Partnership of Gilbert and Robert Gaw lasted between 1793-1798. (see “American Windsor Chairs”, Nancy G. Evane, 1996, pp 105 & 107). A settee with similar brand is in the Yale Collection. Also these makers were known to have billed George Washington $44 for twenty-four oval back chairs in 1796. Plank seat bench having six bamboo style splayed legs connected with bamboo style stretchers. The back having twenty-three bamboo turned rods with an elongated hoop back having connected scroll carved arms with fine turned front posts. An old black paint which, in parts, shows an earlier reddish paint. SIZE: 38” h x 57-1/2” across front of arms x 18-1/4” seat h. CONDITION: Very good with some wear to black paint and three small metal plates on back of top rail. 9-71447 (20,000-40,000) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Samoset 2006 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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