BOSTON, 1725-1745

A maple side chair with a virtually identical carved crest, similar splat, cabriole legs and stretchers but stylistically later skirt is attributed to Boston, 1725-1760 (Robert F. Trent, Erik Gronning and Alan Anderson, "The Gaines Attributions and Baroque Seating in Northeastern New England," American Furniture 2010, Luke Beckerdite, ed. (Milwaukee, 2010), fig. 68). A single caned side chair and a pair of side chairs, all with turned legs, display closely related crest designs (Trent, Gronning and Anderson, fig. 67; Wallace Nutting, Furniture of the Pilgrim Century (Framingham, Mass., 1921), p. 249).