The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts

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Very Fine and Rare Pair of William and Mary Carved and Turned Maple 'Leather-Back' Side Chairs, Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1730

Auction Closed

January 19, 09:11 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Very Fine and Rare Pair of William and Mary Carved and Turned Maple 'Leather-Back' Side Chairs

Boston, Massachusetts

Circa 1730

Height 40 1/4 in.

Descended in the family of Governor Bull;
John Walton, Griswold, Connecticut;
Skinner Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, American Furniture & Decorative Arts, June 8, 2008, sale 2412, lot 41.

Patricia E. Kane, Art & Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650-1830, (New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), p. 69., fig. 2;
Rhode Island Furniture Archive, RIFA3869.

For additional closely related Boston chairs see Erik K. Gronning, "Luxury of Choice: Boston's Early Baroque Seating Furniture," American Furniture 2018, (Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 2018), pp. 80-1, fig. 121.