An American Volute-Carved Comb-Back Knuckle-Arm Painted Windsor Armchair
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $600 - $800
Estimate$600 – $800
Status
Closed
An American Volute-Carved Comb-Back Knuckle-Arm Painted Windsor Armchair
New England, 18th Century
appears to retain an early painted surface.
height 44 x width 22 x depth 16 inches
Property from the Collection of Howard Feldman, Santa Fe, New Mexico
A similar example is illustrated in The Windsor Style in America (1981) by Charles Santore.
Sam Cowan is the Associate Vice President, Head of Sale, Interiors Interiors by Freeman's.
Sam has spent his life in the auction industry, accompanying his father, Wes Cowan to auctions, trade shows and eventually to his own eponymous auction house, in the mid-1990s. He joined his father’s auction house, Cowan’s, full-time in 2012 in the Arms and Armor department and as a fine and decorative arts specialist, a department where he would ultimately become director. Sam has an interest in 20th century design, pottery, early advertising, historic Americana and antique firearms. He is a licensed auctioneer in three states and is a featured appraiser on The Antiques Roadshow.
