circa 1800 each with rush bottom seat and painted in poppy colored ground, crests and backrest embellished with musical instruments bound in painted ribbon design; each chair with birch or maple secondary woods. (One chair with damage to rush seat; both slightly loose at joints and with wear to painted surface) BH35" *Illustrated: Schaffner, Cynthia V. A. and Susan Klein. AMERICAN PAINTED FURNITURE 1790-1880. New York: Clarkson Potter, 1997. p.14