Set of Three Black-painted Bamboo-turned Windsor Bow-back Chairs with Applied Arms

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Set of Three Black-painted Bamboo-turned Windsor Bow-back Chairs with Applied Arms, New England, early 19th century, with beaded crests, nine spindles, scratch-beaded arms, molded seats with slightly bowed fronts, on legs joined by front, side, and rear stretchers, old surface, (minor paint wear, minor imperfections),ht. to 38, seat ht. to 18 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

one chair with crusty black paint, one with brownish-black paint, and one with old black paint over earlier green; arms reattached on one chair. There is a break to one middle spindle of one chair. In addition, another chair has small early nails in the back of the crestrail above the spindles, probably just for strengthening purposes.

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