Exceptional Fan-Back Windsor Side Chair

Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1790.
Various hard woods, yellow grain-painted surface.
Excellent condition, 19th c. painted surface, customary wear from age and use.
Provenance: The Collection of Charles and Olenka Santore.
Exceptional in form, design, proportions and surface, this fan-back side chair has a shaped crest rail with carved ears above spindles flanked by crisply turned vase and ring stiles. The carved, shaped saddle seat is supported by finely turned splayed legs joined by stretchers, the medial stretcher with turned rings.