A pair of painted sack-back Windsor armchairs, Philadelphia, PA or New Jersey, late 18th century

A pair of painted sack-back Windsor armchairs, Philadelphia, PA or New Jersey, late 18th century

H: 36 in. W: 24 in. D: 17 in.

Provenance

Owned by George V. Thorpe, Crosswicks, New Jersey
A Philadelphia collection.
Condition Report: lot 137: with evidence of a few campaigns of paint, presently retaining old painted surface with occasional areas of crackled varnished surface commensurate with age and use; both with some expected rubbing and minor loss to paint, and subtle scuffing to seat and legs in particular; one chair with old repaired break to right-facing armrest; the other chair with surface chip / loss to seat at leg dowel joint, and with break to left-facing stretcher joint to leg (somewhat loose)