Salem, 1780-1790, serpentine crest rail, serpentine arms with molded tops enhanced by rosettes, arms with continuous sweeping supports, square tapered front legs and canted rear legs with stretcher, 44-1/8 x 25-1/2 x 30 in.; seat height: 16 in.

Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Taradash, Ardesley-on-Hudson, New York; Israel Sack, Inc., New York, NY; Christie's New York, NY, "The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Nicholson," January 1995, lot 1158, sold for $96,000; Levison & Cullen Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2011 (accompanied by copy of receipt); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Literature: Illustrated in Alice Winchester, "Living with Antiques: The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Taradash", The Magazine Antiques (January 1953), p.47; Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol. VIII (1986) p. 2361, fig. P5893.

Note: This chair is one of only three known examples exhibiting the carved rosette on the arm. One other chair is illustrated in Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol. IV, (1974), p. 884., fig. P3357, while the third is at the Yale University Art Gallery and published in Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of Seating Furniture: Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (1976), pp. 224-225, cat. no. 209. Of those three, this chair seems to be the only one to retain its full original height.