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A Turned and Black-Painted Comb-Back Windsor Armchair
Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
Sold
$1,300
Live Auction
Selections of Fine Americana from the Millhiser Collection
Description
A Turned and Black-Painted Comb-Back Windsor Armchair
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Late 18th Century
Height 42 x width 25 x depth 17 inches.
Condition
evidence of a few campaigns of paint, presently with some scattered loss and wear to paint, and some crackling consistent with historic surface; knuckles composed of three segments- upper and lower, and outer, and both sides of armrests carved volutes; wear to seat, particularly to front edge
Provenance
Provenance:American Art Association Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, October, 30, 1931,E. Ross (1894-1971) and Bessie S. Millhiser (1895-1987), Richmond, Virginia,Kenneth (1924-2021) and Katherine Millhiser (b. 1937), Piedmont, California.