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Fine Red-Painted Writing Arm Windsor Armchair, Possibly by Ebenezer Tracy, Jr., Lisbon Township, New London County, Connecticut, Circa 1790

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January 20, 12:37 AM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

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Fine Red-Painted Writing Arm Windsor Armchair

Possibly by Ebenezer Tracy, Jr.

Lisbon Township, New London County, Connecticut

Circa 1790


Fitted with two storage drawers; the first under the desk, the second under the seat. Retains early nineteenth century red over the original green paint.

Height 47⅜ in. by Width 37 in. by Depth 34½ in.; Seat Height 15¾ in.

Charles Santore, The Windsor Style in America: A Pictorial Study of the History and Regional Characteristics of the Most Popular Furniture Form of Eighteenth-Century America, 1730-1830, (Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 1981), pp. 141-2, nos. 173 and174, pl. IV.