Lot 4190
  • 4190

Very Fine and Rare Red-Painted 'Pipe-Stemmed' Comb-Back Windsor Armchair, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1770

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • various woods
  • Height 43 1/2 in.
with original red over green paint.

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York;
Henry Ford II;
Sotheby's, Henley Oxfordshire, England, Property from the Estate of Henry Ford II, December 5, 1989, lot 189;
David A. Schorsch, Inc., New York.

Exhibited

New York, David A. Schorsch, Inc., A Tribute to Excellence, January 12 - February 15, 1989;
New York, David A. Schorsch, Inc., Winthrop Chandler and his Contemporaries, September 14 - November 4, 1989.

Literature

Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. II, Washington, D.C., 1981), p. 295, fig. 719;
Excellence in American Design, Current Offerings from the Collection of David A. Schorsch, Inc., New York, 1990, p. 56.

Condition

Old, stable crack in the mid-rail of the back, on the proper right side, at the second spindle from the end.
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