Very Rare Queen Anne Leather-Upholstered Walnut Open Armchair, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Circa 1760

Leather upholstered armchairs of this form have historically been attributed to Moravian chairmakers. The majority have upholstered wings, arms and have sawn arm supports. Approximately, only twenty examples survive today. For additional information on leather upholstered Pennsylvania Moravian seating see Wendy A. Cooper and Lisa Minardi, Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1725-1850, (Winterthur, DE: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc, 2011), pp. 44, fig. 1.67, note 175 and Scott T. Swank, Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans, (Winterthur, DE: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1983), pp. 119-22.