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BROMFIELD FAMILY QUEEN ANNE COMPASS SEAT SIDE CHAIR

Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
Rhode Island, Circa 1745

Primary Wood: Walnut
Secondary Woods: Maple, Tulip Poplar

Provenance: Colonel Henry Bromfield (1727-1820), a wealthy merchant, and Hannah Clarke, the daughter of East India Tea Company agent Richard Clarke, Boston and Harvard, Massachusetts; Ann (1917-1999) and Philip (1919-2011) Holzer, Great Neck, New York.

Reference: Listed in the Rhode Island Furniture Archive RIF2534. See also the discussion of Newport and Boston Queen Anne chairs with this distinctive C-scroll on the knees in Patricia Kane Art & Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650-1830, pages 254-257, number 45.

More Information

Origin:	United States
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Walnut, Maple, Tulip Poplar.
Creation Date:	1745
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Queen Anne
Dealer Reference #:	7200
Incollect Reference #:	316760

Dimensions

W.	20.5 in;	H.	40.5 in;	D.	18 in;
W.	52.07 cm;	H.	102.87 cm;	D.	45.72 cm;

Seat H.	18 in;
Seat H.	45.72 cm;

Message from Seller:

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