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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK FAMILY
A WINTHROP-FOLSOM FAMILY CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR
SCHOOL OF JOB TOWNSEND, SR. (1699-1765), NEWPORT, CIRCA 1750
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A WINTHROP-FOLSOM FAMILY CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR
School of Job Townsend, Sr. (1699-1765), Newport, circa 1750
The shaped crestrail with a carved shell centering a C-scroll above a pierced and carved vasiform splat flanked by shaped stiles over a trapezoidal slip-seat above a shaped skirt, on cabriole legs with scroll and petal-carved knees and ball-and-claw feet joined by ring, baluster and block-turned stretchers, made en suite with the following lot
38½in. high
School of Job Townsend, Sr. (1699-1765), Newport, circa 1750
The shaped crestrail with a carved shell centering a C-scroll above a pierced and carved vasiform splat flanked by shaped stiles over a trapezoidal slip-seat above a shaped skirt, on cabriole legs with scroll and petal-carved knees and ball-and-claw feet joined by ring, baluster and block-turned stretchers, made en suite with the following lot
38½in. high
Provenance
Possible line of descent:
John Still Winthrop (1720-1776), New London, Connecticut
Benjamin Winthrop (1762-1844), New London and New York, son
Margaret Cornelia (Winthrop) Folsom (1801-1863), New York, daughter
George Winthrop Folsom (1846-1915), New York and Washington D.C., son
Thence by descent in the family
John Still Winthrop (1720-1776), New London, Connecticut
Benjamin Winthrop (1762-1844), New London and New York, son
Margaret Cornelia (Winthrop) Folsom (1801-1863), New York, daughter
George Winthrop Folsom (1846-1915), New York and Washington D.C., son
Thence by descent in the family
Sale room notice
Please note that the cover image is a detail of lot 96, not 95 as indicated.