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Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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Oct 17, 2024
1755-1760, a robustly designed chair with boldly scrolled crest rail with rope and tassel carving, centering a carved cabochon, carved, incised, and stippled pierced splat flanked by fluted stiles, seat frame with boldly formed central shell, carved and stippled cabriole legs with ball and claw feet, green wool damask upholstery, 40-1/2 x 21-1/2 x 22-1/2 in.
Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, October 24th, 1986, lot 187B; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey
Note: This chair is one of six examples reputed to have been used in the President's house in Philadelphia (Stephen Decatur, "George Washington and His Presidential Furniture." American Collector, February 1941, pp. 8-11). Others are in the Winterthur Museum (Charles Hummel, A Winterthur Guide to American Chippendale Furniture [New York]) and Kaufman Collection (J. Michael Flannigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection [Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1986], pp. 26-7).
Sotheby's, New York, October 24th, 1986, lot 187B; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey
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