Lot 237
  • 237

WILLIAM AND MARY BLACK-PAINTED TURNED MAPLE SLAT-BACK ARMCHAIR, DELAWARE RIVER VALLEY, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Attributed to William Savery

     
  • maple
Lower 6 in. of legs replaced.

Provenance

Perry Martin, Media, Pennsylvania;
James G. Pennypacker Auctioneer, Kenhorst, Reading, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1969, lot 171.

Condition

Later black paint, proper right arm with chip at outer face. Otherwise appears to be a sound original chair. Strong presence and good overall form
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