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May 21, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Black-painted Heart and Crown Side Chair

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2897MLocation: Off PremisesDate / Time: May 21, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Black-painted Heart and Crown Side Chair, attributed to Andrew Durand, Milford, Connecticut, mid-18th century, with molded banisters and characteristic turnings, ht. 44 3/4 in.

Provenance: Hilary Nolan, 1994.

Literature: For a similar example see Robert F. Trent, Hearts & Crowns, Folk Chairs of the Connecticut Coast 1720-1840, (New Haven Colony Historical Society, New Haven, Connecticut, 1977),plate 50, p. 19.
Estimate $3,000-3,500


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Keywords

Robert F. Trent, Andrew Durand, Hilary Nolan, Milford