Lot 6053
  • 6053

Fine Set of Four Queen Anne Carved Walnut Side Chairs, Philadelphia, circa 1760

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Walnut
  • Height 41 1/4 in.
seatrails marked I, II, IIII, and VI, one chair with loss to splat.

Provenance

David Stockwell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Margaret Wilson Lewis du Pont, Wilmington, Delaware.

Condition

One chair with repairs to crest adjacent to top of splat and repair at proper left stile at junction with seat rails; another chair with losses to proper left side of splat and a break to proper right stile just below junction with seat rail; a third chair with a break to proper left stile adjacent to seat rail and replaced corner blocks. **All slip seats are later manufacture.
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