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Property from the New Jersey Historical Society
THE SCHUYLER-VAN RENSSELAER QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND FIGURED WALNUT SIDE CHAIR
CARVING ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WELCH, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1740-1750
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THE SCHUYLER-VAN RENSSELAER QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND FIGURED WALNUT SIDE CHAIR
CARVING ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WELCH, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1740-1750
38½ in. high
CARVING ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WELCH, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1740-1750
38½ in. high
Provenance
Probable early ownership:
John Van Cortlandt (1721-1786) and his wife Hester Bayard (1730-1808), New York City and Belleville, New Jersey
Stephen Van Cortlandt (1750-1839), Belleville, son
Elizabeth (Van Cortlandt) Van Rensselaer (1787-1868), Belleville, daughter
Stephen Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1836-1885), Belleville, grandson
Documented ownership:
Mrs. Sarah Van Rensselaer (nee Sarah Jauncey Schuyler) (1838-1925), Belleville and Arlington, New Jersey, wife
Alonzo Church (b. 1870), Newark, New Jersey, by gift
Mary Robbins Church (1869-1939), Newark, New Jersey, sister
New Jersey Historical Society, 1939 to present, by bequest
John Van Cortlandt (1721-1786) and his wife Hester Bayard (1730-1808), New York City and Belleville, New Jersey
Stephen Van Cortlandt (1750-1839), Belleville, son
Elizabeth (Van Cortlandt) Van Rensselaer (1787-1868), Belleville, daughter
Stephen Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1836-1885), Belleville, grandson
Documented ownership:
Mrs. Sarah Van Rensselaer (nee Sarah Jauncey Schuyler) (1838-1925), Belleville and Arlington, New Jersey, wife
Alonzo Church (b. 1870), Newark, New Jersey, by gift
Mary Robbins Church (1869-1939), Newark, New Jersey, sister
New Jersey Historical Society, 1939 to present, by bequest
Literature
"Chairs Give Parlor 18th Century Air," Newark Sunday News, 20 March 1966, n.p.
Exhibited
Newark, New Jersey, New Jersey Historical Society, Thus United Free, 1987
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