Sale 1319
| New York
| New York
Estimate$8,000 – $12,000
Provenance:
Purchased from Joe Kindig, Jr. Antiques, York, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1941,
E. Ross (1894-1971) and Bessie S. Millhiser (1895-1987), Richmond, Virginia,
Kenneth (1924-2021) and Katherine Millhiser (b. 1937), Piedmont, California.
Literature:
Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (1950), pg. 227.
Frame is maple, underside rails are oak, all four middle legs have been repaired from former breaks- the center left-facing leg with visible pins over the repaired breaks; left-facing front leg slightly splayed; the side stretchers are both slightly coming out of the front side legs; left-facing stretcher with repaired break at junction of rear leg- with patch; three rear stretchers previous cracked and re-glued at junction with two central rear legs; left-facing underside rail has repaired break at rear rail junction, and also stapled; some later nail reinforcements to underside rail attachments at rear rail; nicely reupholstered in contemporary fabric; evidence that the underside of feet had casters
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Andrew Taggart
Associate Vice President, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts