Lot Essay
A related example is illustrated in Charles Santore, The Windsor Style in America, vol. II (Philadelphia, 1987), p. 153, fig. 160
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A SET OF SIX RED-PAINTED CONTINUOUS-ARM BOW-BACK WINDSOR CHAIRS
PROBABLY RHODE ISLAND, 1785-1800
Each with a molded crestrail continuing to arms ending in outswept handgrips above nine spindles, the baluster-turned arm supports over a shaped plank seat, on baluster-turned tapering legs joined by bulbous H-stretchers
36¼in. high
(6)
PROBABLY RHODE ISLAND, 1785-1800
Each with a molded crestrail continuing to arms ending in outswept handgrips above nine spindles, the baluster-turned arm supports over a shaped plank seat, on baluster-turned tapering legs joined by bulbous H-stretchers
36¼in. high
(6)
Provenance
Winick and Sherman, New York with Louis G. Meyers, 1930
Exhibited
Williamsburg, Virginia, Raleigh Tavern, Tap Room, 1936-1989