Auction Closed
January 25, 06:44 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
THE OSGOOD FAMILY VERY FINE AND RARE SET OF SIX QUEEN ANNE MAPLE SIDE CHAIRS, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1760
the yoke crests surmount vase splats and stiles above seat frames that are arched along the lower edge of the sides and scalloped across the fronts. The well-formed cabriole legs terminate in raised pad feet and are connected to the chamfered rear stiles by block and turned stretchers. Chairs number on front seat rail I, II, III, IIII, V, and VI.
Height 41 ¼ in.
Descended in the family of Mr. George Osgood, Exeter, New Hampshire;
Washburn Collection, 1910-1951;
Israel Sack, Inc., New York;
Mr. Walter J. Collet, Newtown, Connecticut;
Israel Sack, Inc., New York.
American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. X, (Washington, DC: Highland House Publishers, Inc., 1992), p. 2667, P6387.
Rarely does a true set of six Boston Queen Anne chairs appear in the marketplace. These fine chairs display several idiosyncratic refined design attributes. Namely an ogee termination of the seat rails as they join the stiles and curved leg squares above the knees. Typically these leg squares are significantly more angular in shape.
