A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS

MASSACHUSETTS, 1740-1760

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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
Massachusetts, 1740-1760
The first with seat frame marked I and slip-seat frame from the original set; the second with seat frame marked V with its original slip-seat frame
40 3/8 in. high (2)

Provenance

Purchased from Harry Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut, 3 January 1964

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Lot Essay

Purchased at the same time as the set of four chairs in the previous lot, this pair of chairs displays the same rounded-stile refinement. Lacking the features on the stretchers and lower back legs associated with Rhode Island craftsmanship, such as medial stretchers with double-beads, side stretchers with pronounced rings and squared back feet, these chairs can be firmly ascribed to Massachusetts. In 1967, they were recorded as such by Joseph K. Ott and for almost fifty years they stood alongside the set in previous lot in the dining room of the Ott residence (the Rhode Island features are discused in the Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF2883, see also previous lot).

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