03-07-201003-07-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2494Boston
March 7, 2010 11:00 AMCalender
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Chippendale Mahogany Side Chair

Sell one like this
$3,318$2,800
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2494Location: BostonDate / Time: March 07, 2010 11:00AM

Description:

Chippendale Mahogany Side Chair, Boston, c. 1760-80, refinished, (imperfections),ht. 38, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.

Literature: A similar chair is illustrated and discussed in New England Furniture at Winterthur, by Nancy E. Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, (University Press of New England, 1997),p. 99, fig. 55; Boston Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, University Press of Virginia, the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, shows an identical Boston chair p. 220, plate 153.
Estimate $800-1,200

one glue block a likely replacement;

Keywords

University Press, similar chair, New England, Nancy Goyne Evans, Nancy E. Richards, identical Boston chair, Massachusetts, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Virginia