Lot 351
  • 351

A Very Fine Federal Inlaid and Figured Birchwood and Mahogany Lolling Chair, Massachusetts, circa 1800

Estimate
10,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • mahogany
  • Height 44 in.
Rear feet probably cut down by 2 inches and now fitted with casters.

Provenance

Israel Sack. Inc., New York

Literature

Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture:  Early American, Crown Publishers, New York, 1950, p. 73 (listed as Best)

Condition

Rear feet probably cut down by 2 inches and now fitted with casters; re-finished; covered in yellow cotton/linen upholstery, not examined under upholstery.
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