Lot 75
  • 75

A Fine and Rare Chippendale Mahogany Easy Chair, Possibly by John Townsend, Newport, Rhode Island circa 1775

Estimate
20,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 48 in.
with stop-fluted legs.

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

Condition

Not examined beneath upholstery, secondary woods are white pine and maple.
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