Lot 72
  • 72

A Fine and Rare Set of Six Queen Anne Carved and Figured Walnut Side Chairs, Pennsylvania circa 1770

Estimate
20,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • height 40 in.

Provenance

Mrs. M. D. Higgins, Philadelphia

Exhibited

Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia Art Museum, A Jeffersonian Ideal: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts, August-November 2005

Literature

A Jeffersonian Ideal: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts. Charlottesville, VA: The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, 2005, p. 88

Condition

Yellow pine slipseats, slipseats appear original, wear to toes commensurate with age. Chairs refinished, chairs I-VI.
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