A WALNUT AND MAHOGANY BRACE-BACK WINDSOR ARMCHAIR

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A WALNUT AND MAHOGANY BRACE-BACK WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
RHODE ISLAND, 1770-1800

With incised bowed crest above seven baluster-turned spindles braced with two baluster-turned spindles over serpentine mahogany arms with scrolling hand grips above baluster and ring-turned supports over a shaped plank-seat, on baluster and ring-turned legs joined by a swelled H-stretcher (repair to center spindle)--38in. high

Provenance

Acquired, January 9, 1952

Lot Essay

A nearly identical chair now in the collection at Colonial Williamsburg is illustrated in Santore, p. 122, fig. 138. A closely related side chair is categorized as "Best" by Sack, Fine Points of Furniture (New York, 1955), p. 77.