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Fri, Feb 12, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 724

Massachusetts Queen Anne Walnut Side Chair

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Boston, circa 1735, with shaped crest and vase form splat over black leather upholstered slip seat over scalloped skirt, cabriole legs set with turned roundels at knees, turned stretchers and pad feet, 41 x 19-1/4 x 15-3/4 in. - Note: This chair is illustrated in Freund and Keno, "The Making and Marketing of Boston Seating Furniture in the Late Baroque Style", in American Furniture, 1998, pg. 11-12, fig. 17. - Provenance: Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey

Condition

wear and small patch at crest rail (top of stiles and splat probably with small loss of height), turned roundels at knees replaced, period slip seat set with modern black leather, generally good with light scuffs, old surface with some distress and variation