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RARE AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE TRANSITIONAL CHIPPENDALE BALLOON SEAT SIDE CHAIR

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Provenance: From a private Virginia collection. Purchased from a New England dealer in the early 1980s.
The chair has the combination of an unusually carved and pierced Chippendale splat and carved crest rail above a balloon seat and block and turned stretches typically found in the Queen Anne period. This chair appears to be one of a set.

More Information

Origin:	United States
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Mahogany
Condition:	Good. Excellent with only alterations to the slip seat, refinished.
Creation Date:	ca. 1765-1775
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Chippendale
Dealer Reference #:	F-SF-CH 081
Incollect Reference #:	359154

Dimensions

W.	21.5 in;	H.	44.5 in;	D.	20.5 in;
W.	54.61 cm;	H.	113.03 cm;	D.	52.07 cm;

Seat H.	17 in;
Seat H.	43.18 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.