02-24-200202-24-2002
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2128
February 24, 2002 10:00 AMCalender
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Set of Seven Brown Painted and Decorated Thumb-back Chairs,

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$2,115$1,800
Auction: Sale #2128 - 2128Location: BoltonDate / Time: February 24, 2002 10:00AM

Description:

Set of Seven Brown Painted and Decorated Thumb-back Chairs, New England, early 19th century, one armchair and six side chairs with bowed crests over arrow-form spindles flanked by shaped stiles on incised balloon seats and bamboo-turned legs joined by stretchers, crest with gold and black stenciled fruit and leaf motifs, gold and black accents, (paint wear),ht. 33, seat ht. 17 3/4 in.

N.B. The undersides of the seats are signed "A. Williams" for Abiathas Williams, born in Raynham, Massachusetts, in 1773, died in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1856. Further information is provided on a card attached to the underside of one chair.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

Keywords

New England, Abiathas Williams, Massachusetts, Raynham, Taunton, chair