Lot Essay
This chair is one of the ten specially commissioned copies of the Governor William Bradford chair in the collection of Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth Massachussetts.
Details
A RED-PAINTED BRADFORD TYPE CHAIR
BY ALLAN BREED, YORK, MAINE, 1993
The horizontal double ring-and-baluster turned crest flanked by acorn finial above four ring-and-baluster turned stiles continuing to ring-and-baluster turned arms with compressed ball grips above four ring-and-baluster turned supports over a trapezoidal seat on cylindrical legs joined by ring-turned stretchers--48in. high
BY ALLAN BREED, YORK, MAINE, 1993
The horizontal double ring-and-baluster turned crest flanked by acorn finial above four ring-and-baluster turned stiles continuing to ring-and-baluster turned arms with compressed ball grips above four ring-and-baluster turned supports over a trapezoidal seat on cylindrical legs joined by ring-turned stretchers--48in. high
Provenance
Allan Breed, June 15, 1990