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CHIPPENDALE SIDE CHAIR ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS TUFFT

Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
CHIPPENDALE SIDE CHAIR ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS TUFFT
Attributed To Thomas Tufft
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Circa 1765

Primary Wood: Mahogany
Secondary Woods: Yellow Pine, Atlantic White Cedar

Height: 38 1/2 inches
Width: 23 inches
Depth: 17 inches

Provenance: George Horace Lorimer, Pennsylvania; Ginsburg & Levy, Inc., New York, Inventory #27994; D. M. McGavack, New York. Private Collection, Rockland County, New York.

Reference: Illustrated in Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., Gallery Catalogue I, page 10; This chair, marked number 8, is part of a set made en suite with the labeled Thomas Tufft Lowboy and Highboy in the Philadelphia a Museum, see Philadelphia Furniture & Its Makers, edited by John Snyder, ‘Thomas Tufft’ by Samuel W. Woodhouse, Jr., pages 60 – 61 for photographs and information on the lowboy.

Inventory #241

More Information

Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Mahogany
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Chippendale
Dealer Reference #:	241
Incollect Reference #:	761201

Dimensions

W.	23 in;	H.	38.5 in;	D.	17 in;
W.	58.42 cm;	H.	97.79 cm;	D.	43.18 cm;

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