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American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
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- Sale 6268
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| Philadelphia
Apr 30 | 6:00 AM EDT
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 6268
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$1,000 – $1,500
Comprising a set of eight with an additional chair, each with a carved and shaped crestrail continuing to stiles enclosing a carved, molded and interlaced splat, on a trapezoidal shell-carved seat, carved cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet.
H: 37 3/4 in.This set was modeled after a carved armchair made for Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress during the American Revolution, as illustrated in William M. Hornor, Jr., Blue Book, Plate 225.
Provenance: Estate of Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, D.C.
Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Public Auction, March 8, 1949, lots 245, 246 and 247.
