Sale 6355
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$800 – $1,200
Provenance:
Property of a Massachusetts gentleman.
stable and sturdy; with expected wear commensurate with age and use, including some scattered scuffing, surface abrasions, and scraping along edges, in particular to back edges, with white household paint transfer along back of crestrail and arms (likely placed against a wall); with some occasional scratching; repaired break to back of right-facing armrest and top of right-facing back leg, and to bottom of one harp along right-facing side armrest; each harp is missing a finial screw cover; the legs are doweled into place to seat frame, the front and back left-facing feet slightly askew, with dowels partially visible; the uphosltery with general fading and wear, having several stains or water marks visible; the springs and webbing with some sagging generally, some pieces of webbing are loose to underside; the cambric is almost entirely disintegrated, the majority removed from underside
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Lynda Cain
VP, Head of Department, American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts