A set of eighteen griffin carved oak chairs including two arm and sixteen side chairs attributed to Daniel Pabst circa 1870. The elaborate crests having a mask of Poseidon flanked by winged griffins with elongated tails. The frames being carved all over with lion head terminals on the armchairs and an "old man of the north" mask on the bottom rail. All four legs being of cabriole form and connected by a shaped stretcher and terminating in claw feet.

Ht: 47" Width: 27" Depth: 23" (arm chairs)
Ht: 44" Width: 21" Depth: 21" (side chairs)

Provenance: From the Dining Room of the Henry C. Gibson house, 1612 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA circa 1870; demolished 1928. For an illustration of this lot, please refer to page 67 of the book, The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age . Consigned by Robert Lockyer, stepson of John W. Merriam.