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Property from A Private Philadelphia Collection

A Red-Painted Scrolled-Eared Comb-Back Windsor Armchair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1770

Auction Closed

January 25, 06:34 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

ashwood, maple, and white pine

height 44 ⅜ in.


appears to retain its original apple green paint under a later nineteenth century red paint.


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Found in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania;

Joe Kindig, Jr., York, Pennsylvania;

Appell Family, York, Pennsylvania;

Sotheby’s, New York, Sinking Springs Farms: The Appell Family Collection, January 18, 2003, sale 7867, lot 963;

James and Nancy Glazer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.