The Welles Family Very Fine and Rare Set of Four Queen Anne Cherrywood Compass- Seat Side Chairs, Wethersfield, Connecticut, circa 1760

They appear to retain their original surface and their original slip seats with linen and leather upholstery and fragments of original upholstery. Chairs are numbered I, II, III, IIIIII respectively. A label is attached to chair III that says No. 14 / Queen Anne Chair / Mrs. J. R. Anderson.  Several knee returns restored.

Possibly owned by Joseph Wells (Born about 1746 Wethersfield, Connecticut and married Jerusha Hurlbut 24 Dec 1767 Wethersfield, Connecticut);
descended in the Welles family of Wethersfield, Connecticut;
Private Collection

A chair from the set is illustrated by Robert F. Trent, "Legacy of a Provincial Elite: New London County Joined Chairs 1720-1790", in The Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, vol. 50, no. 4, (Fall 1985), nos. 29 and 30, pp. 106-8.

the secondary wood is yellow pine; Chair II, Slip Seat II: Later corner braces attached to front legs now removed; both knee returns on proper left leg restored; side knee return on proper right leg restored Chair I, Slip Seat IIII: Two later triangular corner braces added to front legs; proper left side knee return replaced Chair IIIIII, Slip Seat IIIII: Proper left front leg returns restored; proper front right knee return restored Chair III, Slip Seat III: Label attached that says No. 14 / Queen Anne Chair / Mrs. J. R. Anderson
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