American Furniture & Decorative Arts

158.

Chippendale Carved Mahogany Side Chair, New York, c. 1760-80,

old refinish, ht. 39 1/2, seat ht. 18 in.

Note: An identical chair is in the collection of the Museum of the City

of New York, and formerly in the collection of J. Insley Blair. That chair

is illustrated and discussed by Helen Comstock in American Furniture:

Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth, Viking Press, 1962.

$1,500-2,500

159.

Mahogany Tilt-top Tea Table, possibly Middle Atlantic States, late

18th century, the circular dished top on a birdcage support, on a

boldly turned post and tripod cabriole leg base ending in pad feet on

platforms, old surface, (minor imperfections), ht. 28 3/4, dia. 21 1/2 in.

$3,000-5,000

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