Vander Sande Collection | Session I | March 12, 2025
Wed, Mar 12, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 594
Very Rare Early Massachusetts Slat Back Turned Great Chair
Estimate: $4,000 - $7,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $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 |
Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1715-1730, Tinkham shop tradition, in maple and ash, the back with two incised decorated vertical slats, mushroom hand grips, rush seat, 45-1/2 x 24 x 18 in.
Provenance: Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts
Note: Illustrated in Trent and Goldstein, "New 'Tinkham' Chairs", American Furniture, 1998, figure 21. Also illustrated in "A Cubberd, Four Joyne Stools & Other Smalle Thinges: The Material Culture of Plymouth Colony", catalog number 134. The catalog notes "This is a very rare variant of the work of the Tinkham shop... The incised decoration is unlike anything seen before."
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Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts
legs ended out approximately 5 in. and lower stretchers replaced, otherwise generally good, one mushroom pommel with hole in top, top inch of finials restored, old edge losses at one vertical slat, replaced rush seat in good condition, frame with other typical surface wear
