A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY COMPASS-SEAT SIDE CHAIR

NEW YORK, 1760-1780

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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY COMPASS-SEAT SIDE CHAIR
New York, 1760-1780
Old label on bottom reads Edith Warren, Queen Anne Chair
38 in. high

Lot Essay

Closely related New York chairs are illustrated in Beckerdite, "Immigrant Carvers and the Development of the Rococo Style in New York. 1750-1770" in American Furniture (Chipstone, 1996) p. 257.

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