April 27, 2021 10:00 EST
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
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A pair of Chippendale mahogany ribbon-back side chairs
Philadelphia, PA, circa 1785
With leather upholstery.
H: 38 in.
Provenance
The Estate of a Prominent Philadelphia Lady.
The Estate of Elizabeth Tukey, Freeman's, Philadlephia, Pennsylvania, April 13, 2000, Lot 1193.
Ardis Leigh, Princeton, New Jersey.
Sold for $1,386
Estimated at $1,000 - $2,000
With leather upholstery.
Provenance
The Estate of a Prominent Philadelphia Lady.
The Estate of Elizabeth Tukey, Freeman's, Philadlephia, Pennsylvania, April 13, 2000, Lot 1193.
Ardis Leigh, Princeton, New Jersey.
Literature
For related examples, see William MacPherson Horner's, Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture, plate 289, picturing one of a set of twelve supplied by Thomas Tufft to Deborah Logan at Stenton in 1783, and plate 101, being one of a set of six made by Jacob Wayne for Captain Thomas Mason in 1790.
