Queen Anne Walnut Side Chair - Dipped Crest

Queen Anne Walnut Side Chairs: With dipped crestrail and paneled slipper feet, frame marked II
Philadelphia, 1740-60.
Height 42 inches x Width 19 inches x Depth 16 inches

This handsome side chair bears many of the hallmarks of Queen Anne seating furniture of mid-18th century Philadelphia: the dipped and molded crestail centers a well-shaped vase form backsplat, and the rounded corners of the seatrail hold a slip seat; the interior rear rail is marked II, indicating that the chair was once part of a larger set. The whole is raised on cabriole legs ending in soft slipper feet which are distinguished
by carved raised panels.

Provenance: The Collection of Charles Wood Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son, York, Pennsylvania, 1990