A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR

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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
PENNSYLVANIA, 1760-1780

The serpentine incised crest with shell-carved ears centering a carved five-lobed shell above an interlaced scroll and volute-carved pierced splat flanked by serpentine arms with molded outer edges and carved and scrolled handgrips over molded serpentine arm supports above a trapezoidal slip seat and shell-carved seat rail, on shell-carved ball-and-claw feet (small pieced section of lower left splat; outer edge of left arm supports pinned)--41¼in. high