A Very Fine and Rare Queen Anne Compass Seat Armchair, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1760

Boston Queen Anne armchairs are scarce and the rarest of the form have compass seats. The known examples include one once in the Robb Collection (see Edith Gaines, “The Robb collection of American furniture,” Magazine Antiques, vol. 92, no. 3, (September 1967),p. 326, fig. 8) and another example illustrated in Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American, (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2007), p. 23 listed as “Best” and a another example sold at Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art, January 21, 2021, sale 10604, lot 46.