The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts
Very Rare Pair of Queen Anne Mahogany Side Chairs, Norwich, Connecticut, Circa 1755
Auction Closed
January 19, 09:11 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Very Rare Pair of Queen Anne Mahogany Side Chairs
Norwich, Connecticut
Circa 1755
Chairs and original slip seat frames respectively marked III and V. Chair V's proper left front pad foot partially replaced.
Height 41 in.
Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques and Fine Art, Colchester, Connecticut.
Chairs from the same set are in the collection of the Leffingwell House Museum, Norwich, Connecticut (see Robert Trent with Nancy Lee Nelson, “New London County Joined Chairs, 1720-1790,” Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, vol. 50, no. 4, Fall 1985, pp. 58-9, no. 8).