Americana
Americana
Property from the Collection of Leslie and Peter Warwick, Middletown, New Jersey
The Gardner-Paddack-Coffin Brown-Painted Fan-Back Brace-Back 'Nantucket' Low Windsor Armchair, attributed to William Russell, New Bedford, Massachusetts, circa 1780-90
No reserve
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
white pine, maple, ash
height 39 ½ in.
the underside of seat inscribed W. Russell and Lydia C. Everett 1903. Written on a paper label taped to the back of the seat extension supporting the bracing spindles is Elizabeth Coffin gave this chair to L. C. Everett in 1902.
probable line of decent:
Alexander Gardner (1763-1800) m. Elizabeth Gardner (1765-1853);
to their daughter, Lydia Gardner (1794-1873) m. George Paddack (1792-1821);
to their daughter, Elizabeth Paddack Coffin (1821-1904) Benjamin J. Coffin (b. 1821);
to their relative, Lydia Coffin Everett (1865-1965);
Roger Bacon (1904-1982), Exeter, New Hampshire;
Marjorie Schorsch, Greenwich, Connecticut;
Sotheby's, New York, The American Folk Art Collection of Frank and Karen Miele , January 28, 1984, sale 5143, lot 18;
John and Joan Schorsch, New York.
Remi Spriggs, “Living with antiques: An Americana collection in New Jersey,” Magazine Antiques (April 2005), 94-105;
Nancy Brannigan Painter, “Objects of Affection,” New Jersey Monthly (November 2006), 112-117;
Leslie and Peter Warwick, Love At First Sight: Discovering Stories About Folk Art & Antiques Collected by Two Generations & Three Families, (New Jersey: 2022), pp. 123-4, Fig. 242.