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Lot 1205W

A Chippendale carved walnut side chair
Philadelphia, third quarter 18th century

26 October 2015, 10:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$31,250 inc. premium

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A Chippendale carved walnut side chair
Philadelphia, third quarter 18th century

Brass plaque affixed to back of rear seat rail inscribed: This Chair belonged to/ Arthur Howell/ Born 8th mo. 20th 1748/ Died 1st mo. 26th 1816.
Slipseat marked III; seat rail marked V.
height of crest 38 1/4in (97.1cm); height of seat rail 17in (43.2cm); width of knees 23 1/2in (60cm); depth of seat 15 1/4in (38.8cm)

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Provenance
Arthur Howell, (1748-1813)
Joseph Howell, son, married Sarah Ritchie in 1803
Laura Ann Howell, daughter, married William Henry Brown in 1834
Sidney Howell Brown, daughter, married John Story Jenks in 1864
Mary Hutchinson Jenks, daughter, married Joseph Samuel Lovering in 1894
thence by descent

Arthur Howell was born October 20, 1748 in Philadelphia to Joseph Howell and Hanna Hudson and his family lived on Chestnut street, between Third and Fourth streets. He became a Quaker minister at an early age but also owned a leather store on Chestnut Street. He married Mary Mott in 1778 and they had seven children. He died in 1816.

For a more extensive discussion of the life of Arthur Howell, see Quaker Biographies: A Series of Sketches, Chiefly Biographical, Concerning Members of the Religious Society of Friends, from the Seventeenth Century to More Recent Times, vol. I, 1909, pp. 173-194.

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