A Chippendale Carved Mahogany Easy Chair

Once fitted with casters.

According to a John S. Walton, Inc., invoice dated February 11, 1972, "This chair was made for Michael Gratz, prominent banker and merchant in Philadelphia, descended to a son, Benjamin, then to Benjamin's daughter, who married a grandson of Henry Clay, the patriot.  It remained in the Gratz family until the early 1950's."

John S. Walton, Inc., New York, February 11, 1972

The Magazine Antiques, April, 1972, in an advertisement for John S. Walton, Inc., illus., p. 568

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