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Features a remarkable selection of historic Americana, including important 18th-century American furniture and Delft from the collection of Constance & Dudley Godfrey; an exceptionally rare North Carolina survey map; New England & Philadelphia furniture, including an exceptional Philadelphia easy chair & a rare Connecticut Chippendale carved cherry chest in undisturbed surface; from a Revolutionary & patriotic-focused New England collection are rare prints & documents, early brass, ceramics, furniture, & accessories; a group of early portraits features Sully, Stuart, & Sharples; & much more Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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Portsmouth William and Mary Banister Back Side Chair, with Rare Ambrotype
Lot 1022

Portsmouth William and Mary Banister Back Side Chair, with Rare Ambrotype

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
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the chair, New Hampshire, 1740-1770, with distinctive "fishtail" crest, back of crest rail with inscribed initials "I.C.", turned stiles and stretchers with old rush seat, maple and other mixed woods with old, dry black paint surface; together with an ambrotype, circa 1860s, depicting a Civil War(?) soldier in uniform, with hand painted gold buttons, depicted beside this chair, 45-1/2 x 19 x 13-1/2 in.

Provenance: Private New England Collection

Illustrated: Gerald W. R. Ward, Four Centuries of Furniture In Portsmouth, 2017, pg. 17.

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Private New England Collection

chair in excellent condition, some scattered paint retouch (early, dry, possibly original black paint), minor breaks to old rush seat, typical bumps at footwear, especially at front turnings, very small loss at top of one finial

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