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THBRARE CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY OPEN ARM CHAIR MADE AND STAMPED BY CABINET MAKER, WILLIAM LONG; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1775
Lot 36
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Keno Auctions is renowned for our expertise in fine and decorative arts. With more than 30 years experience, founder Leigh Keno has established a brilliant team of experts specializing in fine art, furniture, decorative arts and jewelry.
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The shaped crest rail with five c-scrolls and leaf-carved ears centered by a ruffled c-scroll, the open lattice-work splat with c-scrolls and carved leafage, the serpentine arms ending in scrolled handholds, the lower edge of the beaded flat-arched front skirt ending in c-scrolls, on cabriole front legs with c-scroll-carved ruffled returns and ending in ball-and-claw feet. Stamped twice with the mark "Wm. Long". In advertisements in the Pennsylvania Packet, William Long (active c. 1770-1785) described himself as a "Cabinet-Maker and Carver from London, At his House in Union street, two Doors east of Second street..." (Pennsylvania Packet, September 10, 1785, as quoted in Alfred Coxe Prime, The Arts and Crafts in Philadelphia, Maryland, and South Carolina, 1721-1785 (n.p.: The Walpole Society, 1929), pp. 174-75). Size: H. 39 in., W. 26 1/4 in., D. 22 1/2 in., Seat H. 17 3/4 in. Provenance: Leigh Keno American Antiques, April 7, 1990 A Distinguished New York Collection of American Furniture and Folk Art. Literature: A side chair from this set also stamped "Wm. Long" is illustrated in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol. II, 1981, p. 375 Another side chair from this set is in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Stamped, twice under seat rail: "Wm. Long"; also stamped "IIII"The left handhold has been broken, but original piece has been glued back, old break on top of the right stile (at crest rail) has been repaired. Chair _XÓ with matching number on original slip-in seat
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