Sold for:
$77,025
$77,025
The extremely rare Mancius family Boston William & Mary carved maple armchair, ca. 1700 , with scroll and foliate carved crest and frontal stretcher with leather upholstery. The chair is branded with W. Mancius on the rear rail. Wilhelmus Mancius of Ulster Co., New York who inherited the chair, was born in 1739 and married Anna Ten Eyck. The chair descended linearly to Robert Rose Johnson from whom Joe Kindig Jr. purchased the chair and sold it to Titus Geesey in 1935. A letter detailing the history and transaction accompanies this lot.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2011-01-15
