$1,600
Black-painted Bannister-back Side Chair, Guilford or Wallingford, Connecticut, c. 1750-70, with tall turned mushroom finials, shaped cresting, and split bannisters, ht. 47 3/4 in. Provenance: Hubbard family, Guilford, Connecticut, 1973. Literature: 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 57, p. 29.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-05-21