A RARE WILLIAM AND MARY BLACK-PAINTED MAPLE SLAT-BACK MUSHROOM POMMEL ARMCHAIR, EASTERN CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1720 |

With exceptional if not unique finials; bottom 8 in. of legs and lower stretchers replaced.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Milne;
John S. Walton, Griswold, Connecticut, July 1975;
Vogel Collection no. 209.

Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut, New London County Furniture: 1640-1840, October 5-November 1974.

Minor Myers, Jr. and Edgar deN. Mayhew, New London County Furniture: 1640-1840, (New London, Connecticut: Lyman Allyn Museum, 1974), p. 15, no. 4.

Overall fine condition. Rubbing to the painted surface, minor losses commensurate with age and use. There is an old 1/4 in. by 9 1/2 in. loss to the bottom front edge of the top slat. There is an old age crack in the middle slat. Each of the legs is patched (approx. 2 in. by 4 in.) at the junction with each seat rail. The bottom 8 in. of legs and the four lower stretchers are replaced. Width: 27 1/2 in.; Depth: 18 1/2 in.
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