Pair Massachusetts Windsor Side Chairs
Boston, Massachusetts. Circa 1810.
Bird-cage windsor chairs with bamboo-turnings. Enhanced green paint with gold trim. Front feet ended out. Branded S. Gragg Boston under both seats. Samuel Gragg (1772-1855) was born in Peterborough, NH and moved to Boston in 1801.
He is known for his bamboo style chairs and for a patent, in 1808, for a bentwood elastic chair. See Chipstone Foundation exhibit as well as The Magazine Antiques May 2003.
Height: 34 1/2"; Seat Height: 17 1/4"; Seat Width: 17"; Depth: 16 3/4"
$750 |
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