A Set of Six Italian Neoclassical Carved and Painted Side Chairs

Early 19th Century

Height 34 1/4 x width 16 7/8 inches.

Property from the Estate of Eileen Mackevich, Chicago, Illinois

This lot is located in Chicago.

Eileen Mackevich, MBE (1939-2022) was an American historian, broadcast journalist and civic leader. She was born in Philadelphia and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, later followed by a master’s degree in British history from Northeastern Illinois University. She co-founded the Chicago Humanities Festival in 1990 and served as its president from 1989 to 2005. The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA) and Governor Pat Quinn appointed Mackevich as the Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois, a position she held from 2010 to 2015. Prior to her tenure at the Lincoln Presidential Library, she served as the executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in Washington, D.C. from 2006 to 2009. Mackevich worked as a broadcast journalist and talk show host on WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, and was named by the Chicago Sun-Times as one of the “100 Most Powerful Women in Chicago” in 2004. Hindman is pleased to offer property from the collection of such a significant local historian and civic leader.

Seat height: 15 3/4 inches.

Overall usable condition and can support weight but with some looseness in the joints. Several of the legs have probably been repaired at the knee because there is visible overpainting or fractures and some glue residue. One or two of the legs may be replacements. One chair was probably repaired at the base of its stile. The painted decoration refreshed in some areas during the 20th century. Traces of older blue paint are visible on some of the feet. Upholstery with some wear at the corners. Seats are sprung so we cannot easily show the rails.

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European Furniture & Decorative Arts

A Set of Six Italian Neoclassical Carved and Painted Side Chairs

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