Chairs
Queen Anne Walnut Easy Chair
The fully upholstered tall canted back has arched cresting scrolled wings and upright conical outward scrolling arms. The seat has a loose cushion on cabriole legs joined by block and ring turned stretchers ending in pad feet. The square rear maple splayed leg is continuous from crest through the stretcher base The antique finish is hand applied and rubbed to achieve a rich patina.
Secondary wood – maple
46″ H x 32″ L x 31″ W
Massachusetts – c. 1740-1760
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Queen Anne Walnut Daybed
This couch has turned rear legs, six pad-footed cabriole legs, turned cross stretchers, and an adjustable back; composed of a baluster splat, tenoned into the yoke crest rail. The frame is fully mortised, tenoned and pegged. The antique finish is hand applied and rubbed to achieve a rich patina.
41″ H x 72″ L x25″ W
Cushion height 17″
New England – c.1740-1790
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This chair has a tall upholstered canted back above a balloon shaped seat, on frontal cabriole legs carved at the knees, with C-scrolls ending in pad feet. The rear cabriole legs are joined by a carved serpentine flat medial stretcher with molded edge and turned stretcher at the back. The brass is sand cast. The antique finish is hand applied and rubbed to achieve a rich patina.
41-1/2″ H x 20″ L x 21″W
Rhode Island – c. 1730-1750
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The crest rail, rounded in front, flat in back, with cut out ends is affixed to the arm rest rail. All three stiles are pegged to the arm rest rail. The matching pierced splats mortise into the seat and arm rest rail. The cross stretchers mortise into the beveled legs. The front leg is molded. The slip seat is rush covered with natural cane. The antique finish is hand applied and rubbed to achieve a rich patina.
30-1/2″ H x 25-3/4″ W x 24-1/2″ D
Pennsylvania – c. 1775
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Queen Anne Maple Side Chair
The baluster splat on the back of this chair is markedly serpentine in profile. The beveled rectangular stiles become rounded on the back edges approaching the yoke crest rail. The scalloped skirt is tenoned with a gracefully carved Queen Anne leg ending in a pad foot. The block and arrow stretcher base is fully mortised and tenoned. The antique finish is hand applied and rubbed to achieve a rich patina.
41-3/4″ H x 21″ W x 20″ D
Rhode Island – c. 1740-1760
Return to top.Chippendale Mahogany Upholstered Arm Chair
The serpentine crested back is fully upholstered. The legs are square and chamfered on the inner edge. The rear legs splay sharply below the side stretchers which are mortised. The arm rest supports are carved with round fronts. The antique finish is hand applied and rubbed to achieve a rich patina. Secondary wood – maple
39 1/2′ H x 27 1/2″ D x 26 1/2″ W
New England – c. 1755-1785
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Virginia Side Chair
The pierced splat with a pierced trefoil is mortised into a graceful crest rail and mortised into a separate molded shoe which is attached to the rear seat rail. The molded seat rails are mortised into the front legs and rear stiles. They are pinned but not through tenons. There are no knee brackets on the or bracket responds on the rear. The stretchers are all mortised in the front legs and rear stiles. The antique finish is hand applied and rubbed to achieve a rich patina. Walnut with slip seat frame.
H 38 1/2″ W 20 1/2” D 18 1/2”
c. 1770
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The upholstered front has a canted rail with outward exposed walnut wings. The arm and seat rails are through dovetailed. The seat frame is mortised, tenoned, and pinned with cabriole legs ending in pad feet. The antique finish is hand applied and rubbed to achieve a rich patina.
46″ H x 261/2″ L X 27″ W
Pennsylvania – c.1740
Queen Anne Mahogany Side Chair
The scrolled crest rail with volutes is flat in back with rounded edges. The shell is carved from the solid. The serpentine butterfly back splat with carved volutes is one piece of wood. The stiles pierced at their curves are rounded in back. The bold carved balloon seat with cut out flat arch and half arches on the sides has an applied rounded rim cut from the same stock. The seat rails are through tenoned as are the carved cabriole legs which end in trifid feet, each with a central raised tongue. The antique finish is hand applied and rubbed to achieve a rich patina. Side Chair 41-1/2″ H x 20-3/4″W x 20″ D
Return to top.Queen Anne Mahogany Arm Chair
The scrolled crest rail with volutes is flat in back with rounded edges. The shell is carved from the solid. The serpentine butterfly back splat with carved volutes is one piece of wood. The stiles pierced at their curves are rounded in back. The arm supports, pegged to the arms, are rounded behind their shaped fronts; the arm supports rounded in the front with serpentine back edges are screwed to the side rails. The bold carved balloon seat with cut out flat arch and half arches on the sides has an applied rounded rim cut from the same stock. The seat rails are through tenoned as are the carved cabriole legs which end in trifid feet, each with a central raised tongue. The antique finish is hand applied and rubbed to achieve a rich patina. Arm Chair 42-3/4″H x 23-1/4″ W(seat) x 18″ D(seat)
Chippendale Mahogany Side Chair
The complex pierced splat supports a carved crest rail. A spray of acanthus leaves and “C” scrolls flow throughout the rail. The molded stiles end in rectangular legs that splay back and are connected to the bead edged front lets with “H” shaped stretchers. The finish is hand applied and rubbed to a fine patina.
39 ½” H x 21 ½ x W 19” D
Boston – c. 1765-1790
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