Property of
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION
Sold to benefit future acquisitions
(Lots 512-528)
A STATEMENT OF POLICY
Like many other American museums, Colonial Williamsburg has been and continues to be in a state of evolution. As each generation strives to represent its view of the past most honestly, perspectives tend to change and focuses tend to narrow. With more than sixty years of study devoted to the city of Williamsburg and its context, we have learned much. As today's caretakers of this remarkable place, we work to insure presentation. As our understanding has evolved, some of the antiques acquired during the heady days when this collection was first assembled no longer seem relevant to current interpretations. Choosing not to hoard this material selfishly, the Foundation has deaccessioned redundant artifacts after a rigorous process of screening and review. Proceeds from these sales will be used for the acquisition of artifacts more in keeping with our current understanding of life as it was lived in eighteenth-century Williamsburg. Through continued study and collecting, we hope to maintain a fresh vision and understanding of this important place and its critical role in America's formative history.
John O. Sands
Director of Collections
and Conservation
*These lots may be exempt from sales tax as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice of the front of the catalogue.
*A SET OF TEN GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Details
*A SET OF TEN GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
SEVEN CHAIRS CIRCA 1770
Comprising two armchairs and eight side chairs, each arched back above upright splats, the scarlet leatherette drop-in seat on square tapering legs joined by stretchers, most bearing a typed cloth label 'NORTON-COLE-DINING ROOM' and numbered, seat frames replaced, one armchair and two side chairs of a later date (10)
SEVEN CHAIRS CIRCA 1770
Comprising two armchairs and eight side chairs, each arched back above upright splats, the scarlet leatherette drop-in seat on square tapering legs joined by stretchers, most bearing a typed cloth label 'NORTON-COLE-DINING ROOM' and numbered, seat frames replaced, one armchair and two side chairs of a later date (10)