VERY RARE QUEEN ANNE CARVED WALNUT ROUNDABOUT ARMCHAIR, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN ELLIOTT, SR. (1713-1793), PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1755

This rare roundabout armchair can be attributed to John Elliott, Sr. (1713-1793) based on a chair illustrated in William MacPherson Hornor, Jr., Blue Book: Philadelphia Furniture, (Washington, DC: Highland House Pub., 1977), pl. 68 that was originally made for Charles Norris for £8-2-0. Another related side chair is illustrated by Hornor, pl. 26 that descended in the Elliott family, and a pair of related side chairs were sold at Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collection of Irvin & Anita Schorsch: Hidden Glen Farms, January 20-22, 2016, sale 9466, lot 259. An open armchair possibly from the same set was sold at Sotheby's New York, Important Americana, January 17-20, 2019, sale 10005, lot 1608.