View full screen - View 1 of Lot 258. A Fine and Rare Queen Anne Compass-Seat Roundabout Armchair, Massachusetts, circa 1755.

Property from the Collection of Leslie and Peter Warwick, Middletown, New Jersey

A Fine and Rare Queen Anne Compass-Seat Roundabout Armchair, Massachusetts, circa 1755

Lot Closed

January 25, 08:45 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Lot Details

Description

mahogany and maple

height 29 ¾ in.


seat frame with original under-upholstery.


Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please make an appointment with the Americana department at 212-606-7130.


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Harry Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut;

Thomas Mellon and Betty Evans, Gainesville, Virginia;

Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture from the Collection of the Late Thomas Mellon and Betty Evans, June 19, 1998, sale 7164, lot 2053;

Elliott and Grace Snyder, South Egremont, Massachusetts at the Midweek Antiques Show, New Hampshire, 1998.

Remi Spriggs, “Living with antiques: An Americana collection in New Jersey,” Magazine Antiques (April 2005), 94-105;

Leslie and Peter Warwick, Love At First Sight: Discovering Stories About Folk Art & Antiques, (New Jersey: 2022), pp. 122, Fig. 240.