Pennsylvania, circa 1765, gothic pierced splats, trifid feet, period yellow pine slip seats with silk damask upholstery, one chair with "XII" to rear seat rail, the other with "II", 38-3/4 x 23-1/4 x 21 in., seat height 18-3/4 in.
Provenance: Sumpter Priddy, Alexandria, Virginia, November 1996 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $19,500); From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
Literature: A nearly identical chair is illustrated in William Macpherson Hornor, Jr., Hornor's Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture, (2nd edition, 1977), p. 201, pl. 317.
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Sumpter Priddy, Alexandria, Virginia, November 1996 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $19,500); From the Collection of Elbert H. Parsons, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama
one chair with later rear corner blocks; both with minor repairs and restoration to upper splats, typical wear and distress to old surface, scuffs and chip loss to feet
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