Lot 92
  • 92

A Queen Anne Walnut Compass-Seat Side Chair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania circa 1740

Estimate
5,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • height 43 in.
  • 109.2 cm
the chair marked V.  Retains a dark old surface.

Provenance

John S. Walton, Inc., New York

Condition

secondary wood is yellow pine; proper left front knee return replaced; crest rail cracked at junction of proper left stile; reinforced with nails; 2 by 1/2 inch patch to proper right scroll return on crest rail
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