$1,175
Pair of Painted Ladder-back Side Chairs, Bergen County, New Jersey, 1800-25, boldly turned finials atop the turned stiles flanking the three shaped flat slats above the ring-turned front legs ending in turned tapering feet joined by bulbous front medial stretchers and plain side stretchers, stamped on top of front legs "CAD," the cipher of Charles A. Demarest, all-over dark brown surface, old rush seats, (imperfections), ht. 38 1/2, seat ht. 17 in. Literature: American Cabinet Makers, Marked American Furniture, 1640-1940 , William C. Ketchum Jr. pg. 94.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-06-09