Philadelphia Queen Anne Side Chair, Samuel Morris Provenance

Pennsylvania, early and probably original dry surface, serpentine crest rail, urn form splat, cabriole front legs, bold trifid feet, large brass presentation plaque to rear seat rail with details about the life of Samuel Morris (see photos), 37-5/8 x 24-1/4 x 22 in., seat height 18in.

Provenance:

The Morris family lineage is as follows: Capt. Samuel Morris (1734–1812), Israel Wistar Morris (1778–1870), Dr. Caspar Morris (1805–1884), Israel Wistar Morris (1833–1909), Effingham Buckley Morris (1856–1937), Rhoda Fuller Morris (1880–1959), George Clymer Brooke Jr. (1905–1981), Morris Randall Brooke (b. 1935). Per consignor notes, the chair was a gift from Morris Brooke to a woman who served as full-time caretaker. Brooke had built a house on Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina, for the caretaker and her husband to reside in while providing this care. Following Mrs. Brooke's death, Brooke gifted several pieces of furniture, including this chair, to the caretaker in recognition of her service. The chair remained with the caretaker's family until acquired by the present consignor via private sale; Private Texas Collection

Note: Similar and probably the same chair illustrated in William Macpherson Hornor Jr., Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture: William Penn to George Washington with Special Reference to the Philadelphia-Chippendale School (1935), p. 201, fig. 318. The chair illustrated was on loan from Effingham B. Morris, a relative of Samuel Morris.