AN IMPORTANT CHIPPENDALE SHELL-CARVED FIGURED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR Circa 1765, Newport, Rhode Island, attributed to John Goddard

Together with a later Chippendale-style shell-carved mahogany side chair, in the Newport manner.  2 pieces.

John S. Walton, Inc., New York
Sotheby's New York, Important American Furniture: The Collection of Doris and Richard Seidlitz, January 30, 1988, lot 1772

Felice Davis, Connoisseur, "The American Connoisseur: A Young Collector and American Antiques," March 1972

proper right front foot with side talon missing, seat rail marked III, seat frame marked XI, marked VIII on crest, splat, shoe and back seat rail, triangular pine glue blocks added to inside seat rails, proper left heel cracked and secured with pin
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A pair from the same set, lot 34 in the present sale, were sold at Sotheby's, January 28, 1984, lot 865.