Set of six Bent Rod-Back-Tablet-Top side chairs with seven spindles, bamboo turned legs, stretchers and spindles and an unusual decorated block shaped front stretcher. Mostly original black paint with rare original free hand decoration. Rod-Backs with step-down crest rails were popular in New England circa 1810-1825. To quote author and Windsor Chair expert Charles Santore "with its trellis-like back and turning patterns simulating bamboo, the Rod-Back has the organic feeling of a garden, quiet,... Click for details
Rare, Slat Back Rocking Chair, maple and oak with correct (replaced) rush seat, New England, early 18th century, in excellent condition, the rockers added as usual in the 19th century, Height 25-1/4", Width 12-3/4", Depth 13-3/4". We accept time payments and quantity discounts. ** WE GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF OUR MERCHANDISE AS REPRESENTED. MEMBERS OF: THE ANTIQUES COUNCIL, THE VERMONT ANTIQUES DEALERS ASSOCIATION (VADA), THE CAPE COD ANTIQUE DEALERS ASSOCIATION (CCADA). **
PA walnut desk, with original ogee bracket base and choice interior, full fluted corner columns, all yellow pine secondary woods. Blocking to front feet replaced but facings appear original.
Rare, if not unique, campaign
tilt-top candlestand in
walnut with removable,
circular top above a ring
and ball turned pillar
and raised on cabriole legs
ending in pad feet. Late 18th
century.
A fine Eighteenth Century Pennsylvania Queen Anne walnut birdcage tilt top table, circa 1750. The circular top with a dish molded edge, over a birdcage support with baluster turnings. The standard with ring and baluster turnings supported by three cabriole legs ending in snake feet. Condition: Very good with some old butterfly battens to correct some shrinkage splits in the top. The table retains a fine color and patina. Dimensions: Height 29", Width 30". ... Click for details
A fine American Late Eighteenth century walnut candlestand, probably Philadelphia, circa 1790. The round top with a molded edge above an urn turned standard over three cabriole legs ending in snake feet. The table retains a fine old surface with rich color and patina. Condition is very good. Dimensions: Height 27 3/4", Width 19".
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An Eighteenth Century American comb back Windsor rocking chair, circa 1780. The chair has a serpentine shaped crest above a spindled back over a D-shaped seat above ring and baluster turned legs. The chair was later adapted as a rocking chair in the 19th Century. The surface is painted black. Condition: Very good. Dimensions: Height: 43"(back), Depth: 17 1/4" (seat), Width: 24" (arm to arm).
Chippendale, attributed to Moses Hazzen cabinetmaker of Weare, New Hampshire, circa 1770-1780, with a cove molded cornice over four thumb molded long drawers, on lower case of three drawers, the upper most having a two drawer facade and the bottom drawer with a three short drawer facade, the central one with fan and pinwheel motif on four short cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet with center pendant. Maple with some figuring, pine secondary wood, mellow warm color and old refinish, right ... Click for details
