Lot 87
  • 87

A pair of Chippendale carved and figured mahogany side chairs, New York, New York circa 1770

Estimate
10,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • height 38 1/2 in.
  • 97.8 cm

Condition

Sun bleached; chairs marked III and VI; slip seats marked VIII and II
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Catalogue Note

A chair from the same set is in the collections of Winterthur Museum (see Jospeh Downs, American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, (New York: The MacMillan Co., 1952), no. 147