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AN EXCEPTIONAL PILGRIM CENTURY JOINED AND TURNED MAPLE 'CROMWELLIAN' SIDE CHAIR, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1700 |
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- Height 34 3/4 in.; 88.3 cm.
retains its original finish; upholstered with reindeer hides from the 1786 shipwreck of the Die Frau Metta Catherina, St. Petersburg, Russia, circa 1786.
Provenance
Estate of Charles P. Fisher;
Skinner's, Boston, Massachusetts, American Furniture & Decorative Arts, October 27, 2013, sale 2680B, lot 42;
Clark Pearce, Essex, Massachusetts, October 2013;
Vogel Collection no. 827.
Skinner's, Boston, Massachusetts, American Furniture & Decorative Arts, October 27, 2013, sale 2680B, lot 42;
Clark Pearce, Essex, Massachusetts, October 2013;
Vogel Collection no. 827.
Literature
Robert F. Trent and Mark J. Anderson, “The Boston Cromwellian Chair and its Competitors, 1660-1705,” American Furniture 2018, ed. Luke Beckerdite, (Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 2018), p. 112-3, fig. 13.
Condition
Overall fine condition. Refinished. Wear and discoloration commensurate with age and use. There is a 1 in. by 1/2 in. triangular loss to the proper back left foot. Secondary wood: oak.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
In Jonathan Fairbanks and Robert Trent, New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century, Trent discusses in detail an identical chair (lacking its feet), which is illustrated as plate 284, p. 288. And, in Frances Gruber Safford, American Furniture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: I. Early Colonial Period: The Seventeenth-Century and William and Mary Styles, (Yale University Press, 2007), the author discusses and illustrates a very similar chair as catalogue number 23, which still retains its original turkey-work upholstery, pp. 65-68. For additional information on this chair's upholstery see R. W. Stevenson, “A 200-Year-Old Gift From Under the Sea,” The New York Times, April 28, 2002.