Stanley Weiss Collection

Our townhouse on Benefit St Providence, Rhode Island

A Fine Queen Anne / George II Walnut Wing Chair with Carved Knees and Claw and Ball feet, England / Ireland, c.1715-50. This is a delightful wing chair; neither too big nor too small, comforting, and is sophisticated with fine lines and a dramatically raked rear leg.

Interestingly, the back of this chair does not run straight across but is slightly bowed back. This is particularly sophisticated and accommodating to the form of the chair. This bend in the back is ever so slight, but far better than the straight-across squared back, which is almost universally the case.

This fine chair is late Queen Anne, wherein the bolder carved knee is a more exuberant expression seen later in the Chippendale Era. For an example of similar foliate carving on a textured punchwork backing, see the column of a related tripod table in the Norman Adams Collection illustrated in 18th Century English Furniture, Christopher Claxton Stevens. The carved lower leg conforms to the style carved on examples earlier in the century. Obviously, the floral knee carvings and claw and ball feet were the most costly and the best of the best! This chair has been completely reupholstered. All its parts are original with no breaks and the chair has been completely reupholstered in embossed silk fabric.

Height: 45 in. Width: 35 in. Depth: 28 in. Seat Height: 19 in.

A Fine Queen Anne / George II Walnut Wing Chair with Carved Knees and Claw and Ball feet, England / Ireland, c.1715-50.
This is a delightful wing chair; neither too big nor too small, comforting, and is sophisticated with fine lines and a dramatically raked rear leg.

Interestingly, the back of this chair does not run straight across but is slightly bowed back, (see skeleton image). This is particularly sophisticated and accommodating to the form of the chair. This bend in the back is ever so slight, but far better than the straight-across squared back, which is almost universally the case.

This fine chair is late Queen Anne, wherein the bolder carved knee is a more exuberant expression seen later in the Chippendale Era. For an example of similar foliate carving on a textured punchwork backing, see the column of a related tripod table in the Norman Adams Collection illustrated in 18th Century English Furniture, Christopher Claxton Stevens, et al . The carved lower leg conforms to the style carved on examples earlier in the century. Obviously, the floral knee carvings and claw and ball feet were the most costly and the best of the best! This chair has been completely reupholstered. All its parts are original with no breaks and the chair has been completely reupholstered in embossed silk fabric.

Height: 45 in. Width: 35 in. Depth: 28 in. Seat Height: 19 i

A Rare Tulip Poplar Butterfly Table, in Original Surface, New York, c.1730. This piece was deaccessioned by the Philadelphia Art Museum to benefit their acquisition fund. Butterfly tables are very rare, and there are a lot of fakes or highly restored examples. This, however, is a pure example with its original drawer and full feet; typically feet of this age and form are worn to nothing. It has its original hinges, which have been moved at some point, as the original screw holes probably became bored out, as is typical of many of these pieces. This is a very wonderful size: not too big and not too small. The butterfly is beautifully formed, and the turnings with complete tulip poplar point to a New York origin.

Interestingly, note the old style dovetail, usually seen on Pilgrim furniture.

Height: 26 1/2 in. Width: 16 in. - 40 in. Length: 38 in.

A Classical Giltwood Pier Table: Charles Honoré Lannuier or Circle, New York, c.1819. This is the only pier table of a small grouping of tables, see images. Note from below the apron they are virtually identical, note the turned rear supports, legs, and the magnificent Winged Lady. A card table of this form recently appeared at Brunk Auctions and performed magnificently. Although this is a pier table, it is the same size as a card table but clearly always made to support a marble top.