circa 1760-1780, shaped crest rails with scrolled ears, gothic pierced splats with quatrefoils, trapezoidal seat frames with molded edges and original pine slip seat frames, cabriole front legs, finely carved ball and claw feet, 37-3/4 x 23-1/2 x 18 in.; seat height: 19 in.
Provenance: Israel Sack Inc., New York, NY, April 1996 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $19,500); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Literature: Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol. IX (1989), p. 2476; Deanne Levison, "Living with Antiques: A Collection on the Chesapeake Bay", The Magazine Antiques (December 2001), p. 808, pl. VII.
Note: A side chair with similarly-patterned back is illustrated in Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture, Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University, (1976), pp. 123-24, cat. no. 103.
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Israel Sack Inc., New York, NY, April 1996 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $19,500); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
one with cracks at front feet (one with later pin), otherwise very good condition; the other with break and repair to crest rail attachment at one stile with very small associated patch, minor crack at splat, cracks at front leg attachments, some later pinning at seat rail, some sun fading at front, lamination at side of one knee (possibly as made)
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