Lot 758
  • 758

Very Fine and Rare William and Mary Black Painted Turned Maple Bannister-Back Side Chair, probably Stratford, Connecticut, Circa 1750

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • maple
  • Height 46 1/8 in.

Provenance

Robert W. Skinner Inc., Bolton, Massachusetts, The Katherine Prentis Murphy Collection from the New Hampshire Historical Society, September 24, 1983, sale 922, lot 219;
John Walton, Inc., Jewett City, Connecticut.

Condition

Wear commensurate with age and use. Paint is blistered, rush seat replaced. Proper right finial reglued. Width: 18 1/2 inches Depth: 13 1/2 inches
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