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拍品专文
The serpentine shaping of the crest rail is characteristic of Massachusetts, as are the contoured arms and arm supports. A lolling chair with similar arms is illustrated in Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture, Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and other Collections at Yale University (Boston, 1976), p. 226, cat. no. 211; chairs with related crest profiles are illustrated in Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture, The Federal Period (New York, 1966), pp. 158-162.
Upholstered pieces of seating furniture were costly items and were affordable only to wealthy Americans. Lolling chairs, with their graceful lines and comfortably upholstered backs and seats, were used in the principal rooms. Essentially a Federal form, they remained popular and were made after the Federal period gave way to later styles.
Upholstered pieces of seating furniture were costly items and were affordable only to wealthy Americans. Lolling chairs, with their graceful lines and comfortably upholstered backs and seats, were used in the principal rooms. Essentially a Federal form, they remained popular and were made after the Federal period gave way to later styles.