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Description:
Pair of Paint-decorated and Gilded Fancy Chairs, Massachusetts, c. 1805-20, the cresting with drapery centering leafage above an urn, (paint loss),ht. 34 1/2, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.
Literature: For an identical chair, see Dean Fales, American Painted Furniture 1660-1880, pp. 146-47, figure 238.
Estimate $400-600
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