Red-painted Sack-back Windsor Chair

Description:

Red-painted Sack-back Windsor Chair, probably Boston 1790-1800, with seven spindles which fan outwards, old varnish over red paint and gray undercoating, ht. 40 1/2, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.

Provenance: Purchased at a T.R. (Ted) Langdell on-site auction in Chester, New Hampshire, in 1978.
Estimate $7,000-9,000

there are about 4 or 5 small losses to the ring turnings

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