Description

The shell-carved pierced toprails above rectangular caned backs wih central vase -shpaed splats each inlaid with classical robed figure holding a parrot aloft, above caned seats with shell-carved apron and cabriole front legs with leaf and scroll carving at the knee, joined by shaped and turned stretchers, on pad feet.

Illustrated

A similar caned “India back” model:
A. Bowett, "Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740," 2009, p. 158, pl. 4:29.

A Pair of Queen Anne Walnut Side Chairs

CIRCA 1715

Height: 47" Width: 19.5" Depth: 20.5"

Inventory Number: 8373-62

Price

$18,000

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