Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh
Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh
Auction Closed
January 25, 06:44 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
EXCEPTIONAL GREEN FAMILY GREEN-PAINTED COMB-BACK WINDSOR HIGH CHAIR, PROBABLY WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS AREA, CIRCA 1800
appears to retain its original green paint.
Height 37 ½ in.
Descended in the Green family of Worcester, Massachusetts;
Elliott & Grace Snyder Antiques, South Egremont, Massachusetts.
R. Scudder Smith, "Snow and Colf for 57th Annual Show, But it Blows in with all its Class and Glory," Antiques and the Arts Weekly, January 28, 2011, p. 53.
The initial 180-acre Green family farmstead in Worcester, Massachusetts was bought by Thomas Green in 1754, with his son, Thomas Jr., building the first house on the property three years later. In the mid-nineteenth century, descendant Andrew Haswell Green (1820-1903) expanded the farm into a gentleman's estate, which he dubbed "Green Hill." Andrew was a prominent New York City official, preservationist, and leader of the Central Park Commission, and he largely credited with the creation of Central Park, the New York Public Library, the Bronx Zoo, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.