$3,290
Federal Mahogany Inlaid Armchair, North Shore, Massachusetts or Piscataqua, Maine region, c. 1800, the serpentine crest on the tall back with its curving arms and out-scrolled terminals above reeded and ring-turned baluster arm supports continuing to square tapering string inlaid front legs joined by square stretchers to the rear raking legs, old surface, (imperfections), ht. 42 1/2, seat ht. 15 3/4 in. Provenance: From the collection of Maurice Rubin, Brookline, Massachusetts. Sold at public auction by Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1954, lot 126, reading: "Attributed to Joseph Short, Newburyport, Massachusetts, late 18th Century. From the Hooper family of Boston."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-02-23
