Lot Essay
A side chair of similar design but on fluted cabriole legs was offered anonymously in these Rooms, 16 July 1992, lot 8.
A side chair with identical back, on straight channelled legs minus the scrolled angles, is illustrated in F. L. Hinckley, The More Significant Georgian Furniture, New York, 1990, p. 63, pl. 43, fig. 98. Another close variant, thought to be locally made, is in the Museum de Hansestadt, Lübeck, and is illustrated in F. L. Hinckley, The Directory of Antique Furniture, New York, 1953, p. 107, fig. 306
A side chair with identical back, on straight channelled legs minus the scrolled angles, is illustrated in F. L. Hinckley, The More Significant Georgian Furniture, New York, 1990, p. 63, pl. 43, fig. 98. Another close variant, thought to be locally made, is in the Museum de Hansestadt, Lübeck, and is illustrated in F. L. Hinckley, The Directory of Antique Furniture, New York, 1953, p. 107, fig. 306