Very Rare Queen Anne Carved and Figured Walnut Compass-Seat Side Chair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1735
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January 19, 09:11 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Very Rare Queen Anne Carved and Figured Walnut Compass-Seat Side Chair
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Circa 1735
Chair marked I and original slip seat marked II. With two accession numbers 25.115.38 and THA 26258.9. Proper left front toe partially replaced.
Height 40 1/4 in. by Width 19 3/4 in. by Depth 16 1/2 in. by Seat Height 16 3/4 in.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York;
Trent House Museum, Trenton, New Jersey;
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, New York.
Trent House Museum, Trenton, New Jersey;
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, New York.
Elegantly shaped rear legs often appear in English and Irish, but rarely in American, seating. A chair from the same set is illustrated in Joseph K. Kindig III, The Philadelphia Chair 1685-1785, (York, PA: Historical Society of York County, 1978), no. 21. Also illustrated in Philip Zimmerman, “Philadelphia Queen Anne Chairs in Wright’s Ferry Mansion,” Magazine Antiques, May, 1996, plate VI and Elizabeth Meg Schaefer and Joe K. Kindig III, Wright's Ferry Mansion: The Collection, (The von Hess Foundation, 2005), pp. 58-60, no. 11.
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