Rustic Carved Pine Chair

Description:

Rustic Carved Pine Chair, New England, probably 19th century, fashioned from a hollowed-out tree stump with plank seat (imperfections),ht. 35 3/4, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.

Provenance: Found by Roger Bacon in New Hampshire.

Literature:The Impecunious House Restorer: Personal Vision and Historic Accuracy, by John T. Kirk, Knopf, 1984, fig. 223.
Estimate $400-600

losses, cracks, evidence of rotting (probably prior to chair's origin).


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