Connecticut, Roxbury area
Pinwheel [or rosette] carved crest rail rather than typical volute composition; the ears feature a rosette pattern as was favored Connecticut on many Connecticut case pieces…Also – note that the exaggerated shield-shape seat was designed with a cleft front.
Item Date: 1780 - 1810
Measurement: Seat width: 17.25”; seat depth: 16”; seat height: 17”; overall height: 36.5"
Material: Nineteenth-century black paint over original salmon red. Crest rail, back posts, and stretchers are of chestnut; spindles are hickory; the seat is pine.
Literature: The Windsor Style in America, Volume II by Charles Santore, page 38, plate XIV and page 82, number 61.
Price: $3,900
SKU 210-344
For More Information, Please Contact David Hillier at 978-597-8084 or email drh@aaawt.com.
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