Boston, circa 1740-1755, old mellow surface with rich brown color, volute-carved shells, vasiform splats, serpentine stiles, balloon seats, original maple slip seats, one chair slip seat and frame marked "V", the other chair slip seat with "IV" and frame with "III", 39-1/2 x 22 x 20 in.; seat height: 18 in.
Provenance: Estate of Evelyn Kleven Gottlieb Zamboni, sold Sotheby's New York, NY, "Americana," June 26, 1986, lot 181, for $63,000; The Levison & Cullen Gallery, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, January 1999 (accompanied by copy of receipt); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Note: Related examples are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Pendleton House in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Rhode Island School of Design.
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Estate of Evelyn Kleven Gottlieb Zamboni, sold Sotheby's New York, NY, "Americana," June 26, 1986, lot 181, for $63,000; The Levison & Cullen Gallery, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, January 1999 (accompanied by copy of receipt); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
both in generally fine original condition, patch and repair with later pin at one crest rail
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