Fine and Rare Chippendale Carved Mahogany Serpentine-Front Open Armchair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1770
Fine and Rare Chippendale Carved Mahogany Serpentine-Front Open Armchair
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Circa 1770
Height 38 in.
Condition Report:
Both front faces of the ears on the crest rail with diagonal patches. Proper left arm with repairs at junction of stile. There is a plug in the front face of the arm disguising a screwhead in the proper left arm as well as a new wooden plug covering a screwhead on the back face of the stile at the junction of the proper left arm. The proper right stile with a later wooden plug obscuring a screwhead on back face at junction of arm. The two wooden plug disguising screw heads at back face of splat at junction of shoe. All four glue blocks replaced. Proper left vertical tile cracked and re-glued at junction of arm. A wooden plug disguising screw head on proper left arm face at junction of arm support.
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Fine and Rare Chippendale Carved Mahogany Serpentine-Front Open Armchair
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Circa 1770
Height 38 in.
Condition Report:
Both front faces of the ears on the crest rail with diagonal patches. Proper left arm with repairs at junction of stile. There is a plug in the front face of the arm disguising a screwhead in the proper left arm as well as a new wooden plug covering a screwhead on the back face of the stile at the junction of the proper left arm. The proper right stile with a later wooden plug obscuring a screwhead on back face at junction of arm. The two wooden plug disguising screw heads at back face of splat at junction of shoe. All four glue blocks replaced. Proper left vertical tile cracked and re-glued at junction of arm. A wooden plug disguising screw head on proper left arm face at junction of arm support.
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