Sold for:
$5,500
$5,500
Assembled Set of Eight Black-painted Heart and Crown Side Chairs, attributed to the Parmele family, Guilford, Connecticut, c. 1740-70, seven with vasiform splats and one with split bannisters, early surfaces of painted black and brown paint, some with striping, ht. 42 5/8 in. Literature: One chair illustrated in Robert F. Trent, Hearts & Crowns, Folk Chairs of the Connecticut Coast 1720-1840 (New Haven Colony Historical Society: New Haven, Connecticut, 1977), plate 60, p. 77.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-05-21
