Lot 31
  • 31

A Chippendale mahogany lolling chair

Estimate
1,500 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • height of the first 46 in.; height of the second 43 in.
Together with a Federal cherrywood lolling chair, New England.  2 pieces.

Exhibited

Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia Art Museum, A Jeffersonian Ideal: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts, August-November 2005

Literature

The first: A Jeffersonian Ideal: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts. Charlottesville, VA: The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, 2005, p. 78

Condition

The first: Not inspected under upholstery. The second: Refinished, later triangular corner braces added to seat rails.
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