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A PAIR OF CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SIDECHAIRS
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 1760-1780
Each with serpentine crest outlined by C-scrolls and leaf-carved ears centering an acanthus-carved spray above a pierced and interlaced Gothic-pattern splat over a trapezoidal slipseat above an apron carved with C-scrolls and centering an acanthus and cabochon-carved device, on C-scroll carved cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet--38in. high (2)
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 1760-1780
Each with serpentine crest outlined by C-scrolls and leaf-carved ears centering an acanthus-carved spray above a pierced and interlaced Gothic-pattern splat over a trapezoidal slipseat above an apron carved with C-scrolls and centering an acanthus and cabochon-carved device, on C-scroll carved cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet--38in. high (2)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, December 8, 1984, Lot 377, The Property of a Pennsylvania Family