Formal Vignette

Rose Medallion Punch Bowl
Nineteenth Century
Decorated in the traditional rose medallion style with alternating panels depicting birds, flowers and domestic scenes, this large punch bowl (approximately 6.75-inches high by 16-inches across the top) also features border decoration of peonies, butterflies and fruit as well as panels with birds and flowers. There is a shallow 1/8-inch chip on the rim; otherwise the bowl is in excellent condition.

Price: $3,250

A Fine Chippendale Oxbow Chest Of Drawers
The Tyler Family Chest
Massachusetts, probably Boston...
Circa 1760
An outstanding example...superior solid mahogany with flaming grain; small compact size, exceptional base, bold serpentine outline and superb original brasses...
The rectangular top with molded edge oxbow front projecting above a conforming case with four long graduated drawers with molded drawer dividers raised on a molded base with outstanding tall ogee bracket feet having sharp and beautifully shaped returns. This chest retains its original brasses...construction technique commonly associated with eighteenth century Boston tradition. (Case width: 36-inches; depth 19-inches; height: 32-inches. (We are researching and confirming genealogy; descended in the General John Tyler (Revolutionary War General; aide to George Washington) family within the maternal lineage.)

Price: $75,000

A VERY FINE QUEEN ANNE SIDE CHAIR
WALNUT
Boston, Massachusetts
Circa 1740-1760
The serpentine crest centering a notched yoke over a vasiform splat flanked by flat serpentine stiles above a trapezoidal slip seat set within shaped front rail centering a lunette and scooped side rails, raised on cabriole front legs with ogee brackets ending in pad feet and square chamfered rear legs joined by turned swelled medial and rear stretchers and block and column turned side stretchers.

This handsome chair embodies the fluid symmetry of the Queen Anne aesthetic with its graceful and elegant proportions. The shaped, yoked crest rail flows into the gently serpentine stiles and spooned vasiform splat continuing to graceful cabriole legs, their subtly undulating lines are offset by the linear quality of the seat and skillfully turned stretchers. Constructed of a rich walnut, the wood of choice for fine chairs in the urban chair maker's shops of the period, it stands as a fine example of eighteenth-century design and craftsmanship and is desirable to collectors of New England Queen Anne seating furniture.

This chair employs a variety of elements that became standard forms throughout Southern New England, particularly in the urban areas of Boston, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island. These elements include the yoked crest, flat stiles, vasiform splat, a scalloped front rail, ogee knee returns, block-and-turned side stretchers and swelled medial and rear stretchers. Specific constructional elements indicate that this example was made in Boston, Massachusetts. The back posts are spooned, or curved, to correspond to the splat and flow into a simple crest rail, often with a scooped center as in this one. Chairs made in Massachusetts, particularly in Boston, feature a seat construction in which the upper part of the leg forms the member into which the side and front rails are tenoned. Finally, the legs are joined by turned stretchers, common in most Queen Anne chairs but a mainstay of chair making traditions in Massachusetts. This side chair features all of these elements and supports the regional attribution to Boston.

Price: $7,850

If you are interested in buying any of these items, please call (978) 597-8084 or email David Hillier at drh@aaawt.com or Lynn Morin at lfm@aaawt.com

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