Lot 243
  • 243

Black-Painted Windsor Writing Armchair, Ebenezer Tracy (1744-1803), Lisbon Township, New London County, Connecticut, circa 1795

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • wood
  • Height 45 1/4 in.
Branded EB: TRACY beneath seat. Lacking drawer beneath seat.

Provenance

Private Middlebury, Connecticut collection.

Condition

Lacking drawer beneath seat. Later 19th Century paint over earlier black paint. Feet slightly reduced in height. Paint wear commensurate with age. Age crack to center of seat.
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