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Shaker Ladder-Back Chair w/Brass Tilters


Shaker Ladder-Back Side Chair w/Brass Tilters
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Shaker Ladder-Back Side Chair w/Brass Tilters. Maple retaining an old or original orchre painted surface.  Having large elongated finials above three arched slats, terminating in turned brass "tilting buttons".  I have only heard of one other example of a Shaker tilter having brass tilters in wooden sockets.  Enfield, Connecticut or Watervliet, New York.  Circa 1840.
H. 42", seat height 16 3/4".
$6,500.

 
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