virginia-chippendale-cherry-side-chair
Lot 2093
Virginia Chippendale Cherry Side Chair
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Attributed to Williamsburg, circa 1770, concave straight crest rail, distinctive pierced back splat set within a molded shoe, slip seat, flush molded seat rail, straight molded front legs with inside chamfer, down-swept rear leg, flush stretcher base on casters.

36 (35 in. without casters) x 19 x 18 in., seat height 17 in.

From the Estate of the late Dr. Larry Southworth, Fredericksburg, Virginia


Literature: See Wallace B. Gusler - Furniture of Williamsburg and Eastern Virginia 1710-1790, p. 144, fig. 100 for a similar chair.

Seat frame is old but likely later; later brace blocks; later casters.