Lot Essay
A hand written notation by George W. Scott Jr. reads: said to be a Ephrata Cloister piece
Details
A PAINTED AND DECORATED MAPLE, HICKORY AND POPLAR LADDER-BACK SIDE CHAIR
LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1750-1775
With four shaped and bowed horizontal slats each centering a painted yellow bird and foliage flanked by cylindrical stiles with turned finials above a plank seat, on cylindrical legs joined by stretchers, the front stretcher with bold ball turnings and flaring thimble ends (seat and paint 19th century)--40 in. high
LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1750-1775
With four shaped and bowed horizontal slats each centering a painted yellow bird and foliage flanked by cylindrical stiles with turned finials above a plank seat, on cylindrical legs joined by stretchers, the front stretcher with bold ball turnings and flaring thimble ends (seat and paint 19th century)--40 in. high
Literature
George W. Scott Jr., "Lancaster and Other Pennsylvania Furniture," Antiques (May, 1979), p. 986, plate I