comprising: Period Philadelphia Chippendale example with pierced splat, ball and claw feet, yellow pine slip seat, 40 in.; Period Rhode Island attributed Federal chair with pierced urn splat, serpentine seat rail and over the rail upholstery; together with an American or British period side chair with pierced splat, square legs with stretchers; and a late 19th century Philadelphia Chippendale style example with scrolled and leaf carved crest

Provenance: Private Collection, Greeneville, Tennessee

period Philadelphia Chippendale example with breaks and repairs at joint of crest rail to splat and rear stiles, wear to feet with loss at one front toe, later rear seat blocking, finish distress; Rhode Island example with distress and tacking scars at shoe, old surface with wear and distress, especially at back, crack and repair with later brace at rear seat rail attachments (slightly loose); American or British example with minor break and repair at one stretcher, patch and repair with later pinning at rear stiles, surface wear; late 19th century example good overall with minor abrasions