EXCEPTIONAL PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALE SIDE CHAIRS

Pair of (18th c) Mahogany side chairs with shell carved shaped crest rail scrolled ears, carved and pierced splat, trapezoidal slip seat, cabriole legs carved with acanthus leaves and raised with ball and claw feet. 40 x 21 x 18 inches. Note: This has been consigned by the direct descendents of Captain John Brown, son of Thomas and Mary Nicholson Brown, was born in Marblehead and baptized there February 27, 1737. He died there “suddenly, September 10, 1816, aged seventy-nine years. He is the John Brown who served in 1775 in the Revolution in Captain Merritt’s company of Colonel Glover regiment, and also with Captain Manley in the schooner Lee. In 1778 he was captain aboard the “Hunter”, twenty guns, which sailed from M’head and took six prizes. In 1780 he was captain of the ship Jack, sixteen guns, and took three prizes. Also see associated lots 97,94 and 76.
Condition Report: Good, worn upholstery, non-displaced split to return of rear left apron