Painted and Decorated Chippendale Side Chair

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Painted and Decorated Chippendale Side Chair, Concord, Massachusetts area, 1780-90, the serpentine crest ending in raked molded terminals above the pierced crest, stay rail, rush seat, and square legs joined by square stretchers; original black paint with late 19th century fading gilt decoration and yellow painted highlights outlining the splat, (minor imperfections),ht. 39 1/4, seat ht. 17 1/2 in. Provenance: The accompanying note regarding "Made by Joseph Hosmer, Concord, Mass." is based on earlier scholarship. Original Concord families owned similar chairs. However, others have been thought to have been produced in Vermont and Connecticut, according to The Concord Museum Decorative Arts from a New England Collection, edited by David Wood, Concord, Massachusetts, 1996, p. 76.
Estimate $600-800

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